| Subject: | The Joint Commission’s Updates and Revisions For Hospitals Adds New Elements of Performance to NR.02.03.01 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Tue, 24 Mar 2009 - 06:00 am |
| Within The Joint Commission's (TJC) recent Hospital standards update are new and revised Elements of Performance (EP's) for standard NR.02.03.01. The new EPs are effective as of January 1, 2009 but will not be scored until July 2009. TJC standard NR.02.03.01 requires that nurse executives direct the implementation of nursing policies and procedures, nursing standards, and nurse staffing plans. The Hospital update adds four new EPs for Hospitals that use TJC Accreditation for... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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