EFFECTS OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC REPORTING ON THE NURSE SENSITIVE
MEASURES OF FALLS AND FALLS WITH INJURY IN HOSPITALS: A
MASSACHUSETTS PERSPECTIVE
A Dissertation
Presented by
PATRICIA M. NOGA
Submitted to the Office of Graduate
Studies University of Massachusetts
Boston
in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
December 2011
Nursing Health Policy Program
, UMI Number: 3490003
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, EFFECTS OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC REPORTING ON THE NURSE SENSITIVE
MEASURES OF FALLS AND FALLS WITH INJURY IN HOSPITALS: A
MASSACHUSETTS PERSPECTIVE
A Dissertation
Presented by
PATRICIA M. NOGA
Approved as to style and content by:
Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor
Chairperson of Committee
Patricia Reid Ponte, Clinical Professor
Member
Ling Shi, Assistant Professor
Member
Patricia Dykes, DNSc, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Member
Laura Hayman, Program Director
Nursing Doctoral Program
Jacqueline Fawcett, Chairperson
Nursing Department
MEASURES OF FALLS AND FALLS WITH INJURY IN HOSPITALS: A
MASSACHUSETTS PERSPECTIVE
A Dissertation
Presented by
PATRICIA M. NOGA
Submitted to the Office of Graduate
Studies University of Massachusetts
Boston
in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
December 2011
Nursing Health Policy Program
, UMI Number: 3490003
All rights reserved
INFORMATION TO ALL USERS
The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality of the copy
submitted.
In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript
and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to
be removed, a note will indicate the deletion.
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Copyright 2011 by ProQuest LLC.
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United States Code.
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, EFFECTS OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC REPORTING ON THE NURSE SENSITIVE
MEASURES OF FALLS AND FALLS WITH INJURY IN HOSPITALS: A
MASSACHUSETTS PERSPECTIVE
A Dissertation
Presented by
PATRICIA M. NOGA
Approved as to style and content by:
Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor
Chairperson of Committee
Patricia Reid Ponte, Clinical Professor
Member
Ling Shi, Assistant Professor
Member
Patricia Dykes, DNSc, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Member
Laura Hayman, Program Director
Nursing Doctoral Program
Jacqueline Fawcett, Chairperson
Nursing Department
