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It's Time For Nurses To Be Heard!
PRNewswire
June 23, 2009
All licensed New Jersey nurses are invited to make their choices through the online survey. Earlier this spring, New Jersey nurses received notification through the quarterly “Institute for Nursing” newsletter that the survey was available for them to make their selections for the best physicians practicing in the state. The newsletter is distributed to every licensed nurse in the State of New Jersey free of charge. In addition, the Nurses’ Choice survey was highlighted at the New Jersey State Nurses Association annual conference this past March in Atlantic City.
To give the nurse survey even greater scientific credibility, nurses are asked to make their physician selections and to describe how they know the doctor’s work in the specialty:
• I know this doctor mainly by reputation or by what I’ve heard from
other health care professionals. (1)
• I have cared for patients after they were treated by this doctor, but
have not worked with the doctor directly in the treatment process. (2)
• I have worked directly alongside this doctor in providing treatment in
this specialty. (3)
The selections are then “weighted” on a 1 to 3 scale (as indicated) with “3” weighted more heavily.
It is expected that hundreds of nurses will participate in the survey. The final list will represent top physicians in dozens of medical categories, including many pediatric and surgical subspecialties.
The Nurses’ Choice project was funded by the NJHCQI with a grant from the Horizon Foundation. The project was undertaken with the cooperation of the Institute for Nursing.
Founded in 1997, the NJHCQI is a non-profit foundation. Its purpose is to “undertake projects that will ensure that quality, accountability and cost containment are all closely linked to the delivery of health care services in New Jersey.” NJHCQI fosters collaboration amongst all stakeholders in the State’s health care delivery system so that purchasers and health care consumers more fully realize the benefits of the linkage between quality, accountability and cost containment. The NJHCQI seeks to empower health care purchasers and consumers by publishing the results of objective research, comparative data on providers, and other pertinent educational information so that purchasers and consumers may adopt value-based purchasing practices and be able to make informed decisions on the merits of various health care programs, treatments and services.
The Institute for Nursing was founded in 1988 as the charitable affiliate of the New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA). The purpose was to have a mechanism to receive contributions to provide scholarships, research grants, and to increase education programs. The Institute complements the work of NJSNA, the largest nursing organization in the state, by raising funds and developing and managing grants to support advances in research, education, and clinical practice.
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