ey have accomplished this by integrating with other departments, the medical staff, the administration of the hospital, and the governing body of the hospital, in a continuous quality improvement (CQI) strategy.
The nursing philosophy adopted states "Professional nurses perform systematic data collection, assess nursing problems, plan the appropriate care, develop a discharge plan, implement and modify the care plan, and objectively evaluate the results" (Conner, 1994). Using this philosophy, they have focused on continuous patient care improvements and have decentralized their organization to improve staff participation and input. This has made the nursing department an integral part of the hospital's transformation to a continuous quality improvement culture.
Family-centered care is another philosophy of patient care which has been tried and found to have some merits (Galvin et al, 2000). It is a philosophy "supporting the integrity of the family and individualizing care to p
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