title: Nurses critical to quality, safety, and now financial performance.
abstract: Preventable hospital errors are the accepted impetus to the establishment of quality measures and served as a catalyst for the ongoing evolution of healthcare reform. Nurses are crucial members of the hospital quality team, and their actions are integral to the hospital's quality performance. The authors explore some of the practical challenges created by quality performance standards, specifically around venous thromboembolism, and the contribution nurses can make, to patient safety, quality of care, and the institutions financial performance.
authors.affiliation: Oneida Healthcare Center, 321 Genessee Street, Oneida, NY 13421, USA. jkohlbrenner@oneidahealthcare.org
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohlbrenner
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Whitelaw
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannaday
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing; D016526:Workload