Nursing-Sensitive Indicators

Nursing-sensitive indicators include the National Database of Nursing Quality Indictors (NDNQI) survey, nursing-staff-to-patient ratios and other metrics. The NDNQI is a registry (database) endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF). Beaufort Memorial reports its nursing data to the NDNQI and in turn is able to benchmark itself against data provided by more than 1,800 other hospitals.

The NDNQI RN survey is administered every spring to all direct-care RNs at BMH. We typically exceed benchmarks in the areas of nurse empowerment and positive work environment, and we use survey results to create action plans for practice environment improvement. Our staff nurses and nurse managers—the frontline caregivers who know our practice environment best—partner on the plans’ creation.