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Practice Guideline Guideline
Recommended practices. Surgical tissue banking. AORN Recommended Practices Coordinating Committee.
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Familiarity with and adherence to the above principles may not make you claim or judgment proof, but they should improve patient care in your office and decrease your exposure to medico-legal interventions. Always bear in mind that medical practice is not a right conferred upon you by virtue of your medical degree, but rather a privilege granted you by state statute and licensure.
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A dilemma in critical care nursing practice is how to develop and implement a practical quality assurance program that incorporates high-quality standards of nursing care for critically ill patients and addresses those aspects of care considered important by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Standards for Nursing Care of the Critically Ill defines and describes structure and process standards and provides a comprehensive guide for the development of a program for the delivery of quality care to critically ill patients. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss practical application of the standards described by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) through the use of policies and procedures that support structure and process standards.
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The quality assurance guidelines for clinical practice in speech/language pathology are effective for assuring the provision of quality clinical services to patients, as well as increasing revenues for hospitals and home care agencies by decreasing or eliminating denials for speech/language pathology claims. The guidelines can be used to evaluate the service and performance of speech therapists employed either directly or by independent contract.