Quality Management of Nursing care in a tertiary care setting

In recent years emphasis on improving the quality of care provided by the nation’s hospitals has increased significantly and continues to gain momentum. Because nurses are integral to hospitalized patients’ care nurses also are pivotal in hospital efforts to improve quality. As hospitals face increasing demands to participate in a wide range of quality improvement activities they are reliant on nurses to help address these demands. Gaining a more in-depth understanding of the role that nurses play in quality improvement and the challenges nurses face can provide important insights about how hospitals can optimize resources to improve patient care quality.