title: Standards of clinical nursing practice: a link to quality of care.
abstract: The impact of nursing care on client outcomes must be visible if nursing is to obtain its share of the health care dollar. The first step in substantiating nursing's input on health care is to describe the responsibilities for which nurses are accountable. The ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice (1991a) identify those responsibilities, setting the stage for implementing practice guidelines.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Grindel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McGuffin
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States