title: Quality monitor implementation for standards of care of the mechanically ventilated patient.
abstract: Each critical care unit has a responsibility to develop a quality assurance process to evaluate nursing practice. Staff members at Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) developed a protocol, based on the Marker Model, to establish standards of care related to care of the patient requiring mechanical ventilation. The quality assurance process used to monitor implementation of the standards is described.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000451:nursing*