title: Standards of care and practice: a vital link in quality assurance.
abstract: In the critical care unit setting, a quality assurance program is based on the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) ten-step model for monitoring and evaluation. The addition of nursing standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice to that ten-step model provides the vital link between patient expectations, staff performance, and quality assurance in that unit.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Claflin
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States