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	Nursing practice policies, procedures and guidelines should be written by nursing staff and approved by the Nurse Executive or designee. The following elements need to be placed in policy format, approved by administration and followed to meet the JCAHO scoring guidelines in the 1997 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals CAMH: The Nurse Executive has the authority and responsibility of establishing nursing standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice. The Nurse Executive, registered nurses and other designated nursing staff members, including other disciplines as...
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	... registered nurses and other designated nursing staff members, including other disciplines as appropriate, collaboratively develop nursing policies and procedures, nursing standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice. Policies and procedures, nursing standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice are used to assess the quality of patient care provided by nursing staff. SUBJECT: NURSE PRACTICE GUIDELINES - REFERENCE #1206 INTRODUCTION PAGE: 1 DEPARTMENT: ...