Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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• Nurses are uniquely situated to critically evaluate quality and performance measures, identify opportunities for improvement, and recommend potential corrective inverventions within the emergency department. • Nurses can actively contribute to performance improvements that increase quality of care, improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, and reduce institutional liability and risk. • Establishment of a systematic process to identify deficiencies, evaluate problems, and develop solutions is vital to continuous quality improvement. ⋯ Formation of a panel of skilled nurses to assess problems and recommend potential solutions may represent a useful approach for active nurse participation in quality improvement in the emergency department, thus having a meaningful impact on patient outcomes and hospital liability.
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The review questions that are featured in each of issue of JEN are based on the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum and other pertinent resources to emergency nursing practice, pediatric and adult. These questions offer emergency nurses an opportunity to test their knowledge about their practice.