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Practice Environment Scale - Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) (composite and five subscales)

CBE ID
0206
1.4 Project
Endorsement Status
1.1 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) is a survey based measure of the nursing practice environment completed by staff registered nurses; includes mean scores on index subscales and a composite mean of all subscale scores.

        • 1.14 Numerator

          Continuous Variable Statement: For surveys completed by Registered Nurses (RN):
          12a) Mean score on a composite of all subscale scores
          12b) Mean score on Nurse Participation in Hospital Affairs (survey item numbers 5, 6, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 28)
          12c) Mean score on Nursing Foundations for Quality of Care (survey item numbers 4, 14, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31)
          12d) Mean score on Nurse Manager Ability, Leadership, and Support of Nurses (survey item numbers 3, 7, 10, 13, 20)
          12e) Mean score on Staffing and Resource Adequacy (survey item numbers 1, 8, 9, 12)
          12f) Mean score on Collegial Nurse-Physician Relations (survey item numbers 2, 16, 24)
          12g) Three category variable indicating favorable, mixed, or unfavorable practice environments: favorable = four or more subscale means exceed 2.5; mixed = two or three subscale means exceed 2.5; unfavorable = zero or one subscales exceed 2.5.

        • 1.15 Denominator

          Staff RNs

        • Exclusions

          Not applicable

        • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
          Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Patient Safety Fall Cycle 2021
          Initial Endorsement
          Last Updated
          Removal Date
        • Steward
          University of Pennsylvania, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research
          Steward Organization POC Email