The Quest for Quality: An Exploration of Attempts to Define and Measure Quality Nursing Care

Abstract

Summary In summary, I advocate continued development of measurement in‐ struments and criteria, conceptual frameworks applicable for the study of quality, and innovative approaches for delineation of target populations such as trials with tracer methodology. Bailit et al. (1975)state that the most important factor in improvement of the quality of care is that quality is, in fact, being evaluated. It is hoped that continued work will produce findings which can lead us to quality in practice.