A system for unit-based monitors of quality of nursing care.
A system of unit-based monitors designed to assess selected factors in quality of nursing care specific to an individual nursing unit is described. The advantages of unit monitors as a means of involving staff nurses in improving quality of care are discussed. These include greater involvement and commitment in problem solving as staff nurses participate in designing and implementing a monitor specific to their unit.
D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014861:Washington