title: The role of the chief nurse officer in ensuring patient safety and quality.
abstract: Since 1999, dozens of organizations and hundreds of initiatives have emerged to improve the quality and safety of patient care, yet insufficient progress has been made. Attention has turned toward improving senior leadership team effectiveness. The authors describe a national project that examined the role of the senior leadership team in 8 hospitals in promoting quality and safety, with particular focus on the role of the chief nurse officer in this process.
authors: Katharine J. Densford International Center of Nursing Leadership, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. disch003@umn.edu
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Disch
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Dreher
authors: Pamela
authors: P
authors: Davidson
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Sinioris
authors: Joyce Anne
authors: JA
authors: Wainio
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*