JCAHO - Implementation Guide for the National Quality Forum (NQF) Endorsed Nursing-Sensitive Care Performance Measures

The guide provides detailed specifications for the 15 national voluntary consensus standards for nursing-sensitive care endorsed by the
National Quality Forum (NQF).

The project to develop this guide was undertaken by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) through funding provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), with the guidance of an advisory panel which included the measure developers.

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