title: Nursing restructuring renews focus on patient-centered care.
abstract: This year, the JCAHO will issue revised nursing standards that make the patient the center of care. This new focus is a significant switch from the existing standards, and nursing experts predict that the structures of all other direct patient care jobs in the hospital will be affected.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eubanks
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014481:United States