Recent research has highlighted the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes. The link to staffing has also been documented for selected conditions. To date, efforts to establish nurse-sensitive measures have focused largely on adults. This article describes the project undertaken to select and pilot 2 pediatric indicators of nursing quality care to be included in an ongoing national benchmarking program.

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End-users must be convinced that the CIS supports their practice and improves care for adoption to be successful. The ISET measures these perceptions and highlights areas for improvement.

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