The nurse’s role in changing health policy related to patient safety

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Mrayyan, Majd T ^a   Huber, Diane L ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038579177     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1530073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128488-200303000-00006     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy of Science; 2001.
2. Gebbie KM, Wakefield M, Kerfoot K. Nursing and health policy. J Nurs Scholarship. 2000; 32(3): 307-315.
3. Davidson H, Flocarell PH, Crawford S, Dupart LJ, Clifford JC. The effect of healthcare reforms on job satisfaction and voluntary turnover among hospital-based nurses. Med Care. 1997; 35(6): 634-645.
4. Institute of Medicine. To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System [Executive summary]. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1999.
5. Conn VS, Armer JM. Meta-analysis and public policy: Opportunity for nursing impact. Nurs Outlook. 1996; 44(6): 267-271.
6. The US Department of Health and Human Services. Medical Errors: The Scope of the Problem (AHRQ Publication No. 00-P037). Rockville: AHRQ Clearinghouse; August 2000.
7. American Nurses Association Press Release. ANA applauds White House for steps to reduce medical errors: Call for closer examination of impact of staffing on errors. December 1999 [online]. Available at: http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/199/pr1208.html. Accessed February 24, 2001.
8. Berens M. Nursing mistakes kill, injure thousands: Cost-cutting exacts all toll on patient, hospital staffs. 2000. [online]. Available at: http://www.chicgotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,2-46844, FF.html. Accessed February 24, 2001.
9. The US Department of Health and Human Services. HHS study strong link between patients outcomes and nurses staffing in hospitals. April 2001 [online]. Available at: http://www.hrsa.gov/Newsroom/releases/2001%20Releases/nursestudy.htm. Accessed April 25, 2001.
10. Underwood P. To protect patients’ safety, nursing care needs to be strengthened not eroded. 2000 [online]. Available at: http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2000/Itr0915.html. Accessed February 14, 2001.
11. Kizer KW. The national quality enters the game. Int J Qual Health Care. 2000; 12(2): 85-87.
12. Maynard CA. Political influence: A model for advanced nursing education. Clin Nurse Specialist. 1999; 13(4): 191-195.
13. Spurgeon P. How nurses can influence policy. Nurs Times. 1997; 93(45): 34-35.
14. Cohen SS, Mason DJ, Kovner C, Leavitt JK, Pulcini J, Sochalski J. Stage of nursing political development: Where we’ve been and where we ought to go. Nurs Outlook. 1996; 44(6): 259-266.
15. Antrobus S, Kitson A. Nursing leadership: Influencing and shaping health policy and nursing practice. J Adv Nurs. 1999; 29(3): 746-753.
16. Spath PL. Investigating sentinel events: How to find and resolve root causes. 1998; 1(2) [online]. Available at: www.ama-assn.org/med-sci/npsf/lit/bkrev2.html. Accessed February 24, 2001.
17. The US Department of Health and Human Services. 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors (AHRO Publication No. 00-P038). Rockville: AHRQ Clearinghouse; September 2000.
18. Reason JT. Managing the risks of organizational accidents. 1997 [online]. Available at: http://www.ama-assn.org/med-sci/npsf/lit/bkrev1.html. Accessed February 24, 2001.
19. Heffernan M. The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and the National Practitioner Data Bank: The controversy over practitioner privacy versus public access. Bull Med Library Assoc. 1996; 84(2): 263-269.
20. American Organization of Nurse Executives. Guidelines: Nurse executive role in patient safety. 2000 [online]. Available at: www.aone.org/membersonly/news/patsafetyquidelines.html. Accessed February 24, 2001.