1. Michele C. Balas is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska.
2. Michael J. Rice is a professor of psychiatric nursing and the associate medical director of the Behavioral Health Education Center for Nebraska at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing.
3. Claudia Chaperon is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing.
4. Heather Smith was manager of core measures at New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, when this study was done. She is now program director for quality at the American Physical Therapy Association in Alexandria, Virginia.
5. Maureen Disbot is vice president of quality operations, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
6. Barry Fuchs is an associate professor, Department of Medicine, Perlman College of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.