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Assessment and care of patients : your guide to JCAHO compliance / Jan Allison.
Holman Biotech Commons RA972 .A87 2002
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hospital care--Standards.
- Hospital care--Quality control.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Hospitals--standards.
- Institutional nursing--Standards.
- Hospital care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Quality of Health Care.
- Hospitals--standards.
- Institutional nursing--Standards.
- Physical Description:
- vii., 160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Guide to JCAHO compliance
- Guide to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations compliance
- Place of Publication:
- Marblehead, MA : Opus Communications, [2002]
- Summary:
- As you're probably well aware, the patient assessment and care of patients standards have been perennial top Type I's in recent years. But did you know that these standards now encompass 4 of the top 5 spots on the JCAHO's Top Type I's list? It's about time for a resource that explains exactly how to comply with these challenging standards! That's why we're excited to introduce the Assessment and Care of Patients: Your Guide to JCAHO Compliance book. This comprehensive, how-to resource contains all the information you need to not only achieve greater survey success, but also to demonstrate better patient outcomes through improved compliance. Assessment and Care of Patients: Your Guide to JCAHO Compliance is designed to provide you with an easy-to-follow road map through two of the most complex and problematic CAMH chapters related to patient assessment. It incorporates all the information you need to develop a better understanding of the standards and even includes specific surveyor questions and findings from recent surveys!
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Overview of the Assessment Process and the Multidisciplinary Approach to Planning Care 1
- Chapter 2 Clinical Assessment Review and Insights to Care of Patients with Specific Needs 19
- Chapter 3 Compliance Strategies for Anesthesia Assessment and Care 49
- Chapter 4 Facing the Challenge of Patient Assessment and Care in Operative and Other Procedures 61
- Chapter 5 Assessment Criteria for Pathology and Clinical Lab 73
- Chapter 6 Key Measures for Successful Application of the Reassessment and Care Decision Standards 81
- Chapter 7 Understanding the Scope of Restraint and Behavior Standards 87
- Chapter 8 Pain Assessment and Effective Management of Medication Use 117.
- ISBN:
- 1578392012
- OCLC:
- 50398491
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