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Quality assurance : for nurses and other members of the health care team / Diana Sale.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Essentials of nursing management | Essentials of nursing managementPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1996.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 137p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780333669174 (pbk.) :
  • 0333669177
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73068 SAL
  • 610.73068 20
LOC classification:
  • RT85.5 .S25 1996
Contents:
1. An introduction to quality assurance:- Background--Rush medicus--Monitor--\'In pursuit fo excellence\'--\'Working for Patients\'--Medical Audit--Defining quality assurance--Levels of monitoing the quality of care--Levels of evaluation of quality of care--Accreditation--Evaluation of quality of care--Exercise 1--2. Total Quality Management:- Backgroound--Concepts--Approach--Exercise 2--3. Standards of care:- Background--What are standards of care?--Why do we need standards of care?--Exercise 3a--The quality assurance cycle--Who writes the standards?--Exercise 3b--Levels of standard setting and monitoring--Exercise 3c--Terminology used in standard setting--Classifying standards--Checking standards--Monitoring standards--Exercise 3d--The final stage--Summary of points on standard setting--Exercise 3e--4. Clinical audit:- Definition--The audit cycle--Why do we need clinical audit?--Benefits--Four main principles--Potential problems--The eleven steps to successful audit--General points--Guidelines for success--Examples of areas for clinical audit--Exercise 4--5. Clinical protocols:- Backgroound--Example of a clinical protocol--Development of a clinical protocol--The benefits of working through a clinical protocol--Goals of clinical protocols--Exercise 5--6. Monitoring of providers by purchasers--The Dorset Health Commission\'s approach.
Summary: This second edition outlines the theoretical background of quality assurance for patient care, and provides practical guidelines on the implementation of a variety of monitoring tools. It has been written to be accessible and relevant.
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Previous ed.: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. An introduction to quality assurance:- Background--Rush medicus--Monitor--\'In pursuit fo excellence\'--\'Working for Patients\'--Medical Audit--Defining quality assurance--Levels of monitoing the quality of care--Levels of evaluation of quality of care--Accreditation--Evaluation of quality of care--Exercise 1--2. Total Quality Management:- Backgroound--Concepts--Approach--Exercise 2--3. Standards of care:- Background--What are standards of care?--Why do we need standards of care?--Exercise 3a--The quality assurance cycle--Who writes the standards?--Exercise 3b--Levels of standard setting and monitoring--Exercise 3c--Terminology used in standard setting--Classifying standards--Checking standards--Monitoring standards--Exercise 3d--The final stage--Summary of points on standard setting--Exercise 3e--4. Clinical audit:- Definition--The audit cycle--Why do we need clinical audit?--Benefits--Four main principles--Potential problems--The eleven steps to successful audit--General points--Guidelines for success--Examples of areas for clinical audit--Exercise 4--5. Clinical protocols:- Backgroound--Example of a clinical protocol--Development of a clinical protocol--The benefits of working through a clinical protocol--Goals of clinical protocols--Exercise 5--6. Monitoring of providers by purchasers--The Dorset Health Commission\'s approach.

This second edition outlines the theoretical background of quality assurance for patient care, and provides practical guidelines on the implementation of a variety of monitoring tools. It has been written to be accessible and relevant.

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