Practitioner based quality improvement: A review of the Royal College of Nursing's dynamic standard setting system

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Morrell, Clare ^a   Harvey, Gillian ^a   Kitson, Alison ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Implementation; Standard setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVALUATION STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, NURSING; STATE MEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031088134     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.1.29     Document Type: Review

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