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Nursing Intellectual Capital Theory: Implications for Research and Practice.

Due to rising costs of healthcare, determining how registered nurses and knowledge resources influence the quality of patient care is critical. Studies that have investigated the relationship between nursing knowledge and outcomes have been plagued with conceptual and methodological issues. This has...

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Published in:Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors: Covell, Christine L., Sidani, Souraya
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Nurses Association May2013
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          Covell, Christine L.
          Sidani, Souraya
        affil: Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Gender and Health; Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Health Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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          Nursing Theory
          Nursing Knowledge
          Research, Nursing
          Quality of Nursing Care
          Nursing Administration
          Social Networks
          Work Environment
          Decision Making, Clinical
          Organizational Culture
      ab: Due to rising costs of healthcare, determining how registered nurses and knowledge resources influence the quality of patient care is critical. Studies that have investigated the relationship between nursing knowledge and outcomes have been plagued with conceptual and methodological issues. This has resulted in limited empirical evidence of the impact of nursing knowledge on patient or organizational outcomes. The nursing intellectual capital theory was developed to assist with this area of inquiry. Nursing intellectual capital theory conceptualizes the sources of nursing knowledge available within an organization and delineates its relationship to patient and organizational outcomes. In this article, we review the nursing intellectual capital theory and discuss its implications for research and practice. We explain why the theory shows promise for guiding research on quality work environments and how it may assist with administrative decision-making related to nursing human resource management and continuing professional development.
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