Quality indicators for academic nursing primary care centers.
ANCs, by definition, deliver more than clinical services to patients and communities. The unique identifier that separates ANCs from other primary care/ambulatory care centers is the educational service they offer to students and other faculty in the school of nursing to which they belong. Therefore, measuring the quality of an ANC must include a measurement of the educational properties that it possesses in addition to the usual quality measurements by such organizations as AAAHC, JCAHO, CHAP, and AAACN. Unless these properties are included and measured by an ANC, it becomes difficult to justify the existence of such a clinic within a school of nursing. ANCs are encouraged to develop quality evaluation programs aimed at evaluating the educational aspects as well as the administrative and clinical aspects of their operations.
Mackey
Thomas A
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University of Texas Health Services, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston School of Nursing, Occupational Health for Nurses Program, Houston, TX, USA.
McNiel
Nancy O
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000592:standards*; D000068:Accreditation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States