The measurement of patient engagement remains in an early stage of development despite a recognized need by many professional nursing organizations including AAACN, American Nurses Association, American Academy of Nurses, and
NAQC to quantify the impact of nursing on patient engagement.
"It is imperative that the nursing profession strongly commit to patient engagement," said Pamela Thompson,
NAQC Board member and chief executive officer of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
The intent-to-treat and responder methodologies, as recommended by the North American Quitline Consortium (
NAQC) minimum data set guidelines, were used to calculate six-month quit rates.13 The intent- to- treat methodology assumes lost to follow-up respondents are still smokers.
Marguerite Windle, MSN, RN, CMSRN, is the AMSN Coordinator for the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (
NAQC).