The Nursing Value Model: A Structured Approach to Measuring Nursing Care.

Value is defined as outcomes/cost of care [1]. Although nurses contribute significantly within the interdisciplinary care team, we struggle to measure the value of nursing care or the added value of each nurse caring for a patient. This presentation reveals findings of the Nursing Value Workgroup (Workgroup), a multi-year component of the Big Data and Nursing Knowledge Initiative [2]. Panelists will discuss: Construction of a common model to provide a basis for developing nursing business intelligence and analytics; development and publication of definitions and metrics for nursing value; creation of user stories to measure nurse sensitive phenomena; and establishment of a data warehouse to facilitate research. Initial findings from a multi-hospital study on pain management and value of care will be presented.