Melissa K Knox
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa K Knox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa K |
| FAMILY NAME | Knox |
| SIGNATURE | KNOX M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3757-4185 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Findings and Recommendations From the State of the Art (Sota) Conference on Nursing Research to Improve Veteran Outcomes
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest employer of nurses in the United States, has more than 120,000 nursing personnel providing care to over 9 million Veterans across diverse settings. Despite nursing’s central role in delivering and sustaining care, research on strengthening the nursing workforce and optimizing nursing practice has remained underdeveloped in VHA. To address this gap, VHA’s Office of Research and Development, in …
Relationship Between Number of Assigned Patients and RN Time to Administer Medications During the Peak-Time Medication Pass
BACKGROUND: Inpatient nurse staffing affects patient outcomes. Less is known about the mechanism of this relationship and how lower overall staffing in a unit affects individual RN activities at the bedside. OBJECTIVES: Estimate the relationship between the number of patients assigned to an RN and time spent on medication administration at the peak-time medication pass (PTM), a common nursing task. RESEARCH DESIGN: Estimate the association using …
Using Medication Pass Analysis to Examine Longitudinal Changes in VA Inpatient Nurse Staffing and Workload Before and Through the Covid-19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in extended disruption to the health care system. National-level data-driven comparisons of inpatient nurse staffing and workload before and during the pandemic have been limited. OBJECTIVES: Assess the extent to which registered nurse (RN) staffing and workload changed from prepandemic levels in a national integrated health care system. RESEARCH DESIGN: Longitudinal descriptive analysis. Medication pass…
Predictors of Inpatient RN Turnover in Rural and Urban VHA Hospitals
BACKGROUND: The rising demand for health care delivery and an aging workforce is of particular concern in rural areas, where health care access depends upon an adequate nursing workforce. To address this shortage and optimize care, it is essential to measure when registered nurses (RN) leave inpatient direct care positions (ie, inpatient RN turnover) and identify modifiable factors correlated with RN turnover. OBJECTIVES: Apply a novel method for…
Beyond Hospital-Level Aggregated Data
BACKGROUND: Studies of nurse staffing frequently use data aggregated at the hospital level that do not provide the appropriate context to inform unit-level decisions, such as nurse staffing. OBJECTIVES: Describe a method to link patient data collected during the provision of routine care and recorded in the electronic health record (EHR) to the nursing units where care occurred in a national dataset. RESEARCH DESIGN: We identified all Veterans He…
An Alternative Method of Public Reporting of Comparative Hospital Quality and Performance Data for Transparency Initiatives
BACKGROUND: Hospital performance comparisons for transparency initiatives may be inadequate if peer comparison groups are poorly defined. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate a new approach identifying hospital peers for comparison. DESIGN/SETTING: We used Mahalanobis distance as a new method of developing peer-specific groupings for hospitals to incorporate both external and internal complexity. We compared the overlap in group…
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An Alternative Method of Public Reporting of Comparative Hospital Quality and Performance Data for Transparency Initiatives
BACKGROUND: Hospital performance comparisons for transparency initiatives may be inadequate if peer comparison groups are poorly defined. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate a new approach identifying hospital peers for comparison. DESIGN/SETTING: We used Mahalanobis distance as a new method of developing peer-specific groupings for hospitals to incorporate both external and internal complexity. We compared the overlap in group…
Beyond Hospital-Level Aggregated Data
BACKGROUND: Studies of nurse staffing frequently use data aggregated at the hospital level that do not provide the appropriate context to inform unit-level decisions, such as nurse staffing. OBJECTIVES: Describe a method to link patient data collected during the provision of routine care and recorded in the electronic health record (EHR) to the nursing units where care occurred in a national dataset. RESEARCH DESIGN: We identified all Veterans He…
Findings and Recommendations From the State of the Art (Sota) Conference on Nursing Research to Improve Veteran Outcomes
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest employer of nurses in the United States, has more than 120,000 nursing personnel providing care to over 9 million Veterans across diverse settings. Despite nursing’s central role in delivering and sustaining care, research on strengthening the nursing workforce and optimizing nursing practice has remained underdeveloped in VHA. To address this gap, VHA’s Office of Research and Development, in …
Relationship Between Number of Assigned Patients and RN Time to Administer Medications During the Peak-Time Medication Pass
BACKGROUND: Inpatient nurse staffing affects patient outcomes. Less is known about the mechanism of this relationship and how lower overall staffing in a unit affects individual RN activities at the bedside. OBJECTIVES: Estimate the relationship between the number of patients assigned to an RN and time spent on medication administration at the peak-time medication pass (PTM), a common nursing task. RESEARCH DESIGN: Estimate the association using …
Using Medication Pass Analysis to Examine Longitudinal Changes in VA Inpatient Nurse Staffing and Workload Before and Through the Covid-19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in extended disruption to the health care system. National-level data-driven comparisons of inpatient nurse staffing and workload before and during the pandemic have been limited. OBJECTIVES: Assess the extent to which registered nurse (RN) staffing and workload changed from prepandemic levels in a national integrated health care system. RESEARCH DESIGN: Longitudinal descriptive analysis. Medication pass…
Predictors of Inpatient RN Turnover in Rural and Urban VHA Hospitals
BACKGROUND: The rising demand for health care delivery and an aging workforce is of particular concern in rural areas, where health care access depends upon an adequate nursing workforce. To address this shortage and optimize care, it is essential to measure when registered nurses (RN) leave inpatient direct care positions (ie, inpatient RN turnover) and identify modifiable factors correlated with RN turnover. OBJECTIVES: Apply a novel method for…
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