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Table 1 Example of the operationalization of one of the five indicators used to measure the capacity for innovation

From: A taxonomy of nursing care organization models in hospitals

Availability of technologies (4 items)

- Availability of advanced information technologies (computerized nursing chart);

 

- Automative drug distribution system (e.g. Pyxis));

 

- Therapeutic nursing plan implemented and widely used;

 

- Availability of basic equipment (patient lift; electric beds, alternating-pressure mattresses, sphygmomanometers)

 

This marker was rated “strong” for a unit when three of the four identified tracers were assessed as being present in the unit based on interview transcripts