Qualification of nursing potential in maternal mortality in Mexico

摘要

ObjectivesTo develop a method that measures nursing potential through the factor analysis of relevant nursing data and social context by taking maternal mortality as the study problem.MethodsA Cross-sectional and analytical study, a multivariate analysis was performed. The Nursing Coverage Index, the Human Development Index, population density and the proportion of nurses with a bachelor’s degree or upper degree, are studied by federative entity, only data from government sources are used. The Index of Nursing Qualification in Mexico (INQM) was constructed through principal component analysis.ResultsThe highest correlation was between the INQM and the Nursing Coverage Prioritization Index (NCPI), which was 0.849 (P?P?