3 ways to improve: Use nurse leaders to change workplace culture

Inside Accreditation & Quality
July 30, 2019
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

To achieve organizational goals, nurse work environments must support an optimal staff member experience.Read More »

Update policies against AORN’s latest revisions to its surgical attire guideline

Inside Accreditation & Quality
July 9, 2019
Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Bouffant caps only in the surgical suite? Skull cap? Both? It’s your choice.

Just make sure your hospital policy on surgical attire is...Read More »

Annual industry survey: Dealing with staff burnout

Inside Accreditation & Quality
June 25, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff, Quality & Errors

As healthcare organizations become more cognizant of the need to provide support for their staff, the...Read More »

Illinois passes workplace violence law

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
June 25, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

In a sweeping act of legislation that may affect the future of healthcare safety, late last year the state of Illinois passed a workplace violence...Read More »

Lessons learned from a death outside a hospital’s doorstep

Inside Accreditation & Quality
June 25, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

When mistakes cost lives, and why apologizing is valuableRead More »

Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Plan

June 24, 2019
ACC 101 Sustaining Compliance
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A fill-in-the-blank contract listing the responsibilities and expectations of those working on a quality improvement program.

Contract Approval Forms

June 24, 2019
ACC 101 Sustaining Compliance
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures

Use forms such as these to develop a list of the clinical contracts that Joint Commission surveyors might ask to review, along with the non-clinical contracts the CMS has shown an interest in.

Restraint Documentation Audit

June 23, 2019
ACC 101 Hot Topics
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

This document survey as an audit tool to demonstrate compliance with restraint/seclusion requirements with both CMS and AOs.

Restraint and Seclusion Guide

June 23, 2019
ACC 101 Hot Topics
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Use this 13-step list to evaluate your current restraint/seculsion policies.

Documentation: Getting the details right

June 23, 2019
ACC 101 Hot Topics
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

If it’s not documented, it’s not done. This article is on the importance of documentation in passing a survey.

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