Advanced practice registered nurses implement evidence-based care guidelines and assess
the quality of care delivered to pediatric and adolescent populations to ensure that
the highest standards of care are provided to the patients and their families. Standardized
health care quality measures allow for assessment of clinical competence, monitoring
of equitable health care distribution, improvement of provider/institutional accountability,
development of standards for accreditation and certification, informing of quality
improvement efforts, and creation of criteria for provider incentive payments. The
purpose of this article is to explain why health care quality measures are established,
what agencies oversee the development of meaningful pediatric quality measures, and
how these measures inform and improve the care provided by pediatric-focused advanced
practice registered nurses.
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Biography
Beth Heuer, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Child Development Unit, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Biography
Audra Rankin, Assistant Professor, University of Louisville School of Nursing, Louisville, KY; and Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
Biography
Imelda Reyes, Clinical Assistant Professor, Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Biography
Sharolyn Dihigo, Associate Professor, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX.
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Publication history
Published online: March 14, 2019
Footnotes
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
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Copyright © 2019 by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.