Implementation of a national nursing standards program.
At an annual nursing management conference of a multisystem hospital management firm, nursing executives expressed a need for developing nursing care standards. Because many of the hospitals were small or rural, they lacked some of the resources needed to develop such a program individually. Pooling resources so that all could benefit was an innovative and sensible approach. The authors describe the project that resulted in the development of a nation-wide standards program involving nearly 50 hospitals.
Ziegler
J C
JC
Q-Aide Systems, Inc., Rye, CO.
VanEtten
N K
NK
D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States