AACN clinical issues in critical care nursing
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AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs · Feb 1991
Standards of care: integrating nursing care plans and quality assurance activities.
Traditionally, standards are used to define the level of care that a patient can expect to receive in a given institution or on a given nursing unit. These standards are the foundation of quality assurance programs. ⋯ The nursing staff at the unit level has no real knowledge or understanding of the standards. This may result in a nonfunctioning quality assurance program.