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.
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.8 Level Of Analysis1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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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.
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1.15 Denominator
Staff RNs
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Exclusions
Not applicable
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Most Recent Endorsement ActivityEndorsed Patient Safety Spring Cycle 2022Initial EndorsementLast Updated
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Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (Lake, 2002). This document can be reproduced with permission from Dr. Eileen Lake, who has reserved all rights to the instrument. This document may be freely reviewed, reproduced, or translated, in part or in whole, but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes.
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Risk Adjustment
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6.1.2 Current or Planned Use(s)
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