title: [Standards of nursing services for private hospitals].
abstract: The formalization of nursing quality assurance in private hospitals is of critical importance. The purpose of this study was to formulate national nursing service standards for private hospitals. A structured two phase research technique was utilised to validate the standards by a representative national group of experts. Statistical validity of the standards was calculated by means of a content validity index for each standard. Fourteen (5%) of these standards (N = 275) were rejected and 25 (9%) require reformulation. It is recommended that these standards should serve as optimum standards for nurse administrators in private hospitals, and that these standards be published formally.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: van Huyssteen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bruwer
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D010559:Personnel Management; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013019:South Africa; D013192:Staff Development
vernacular_title: Verpleegdiensstandaarde vir privaathospitale.