Journal article
Accountability in Nursing Practice: Why it is Important for Patient Safety.
AORN journal, Vol.100(5), pp.537-541
11/01/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2014.08.008
PMID: 25443124
Abstract
Column Patient Safety First
Accountability is an essential component of professional nursing practice; accountability also is an essential component of patient safety. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics states that the definition of accountability is “to be answerable to oneself and others for one’s own actions.”1 As perioperative nurses, we are accountable to our patients and their family members, our colleagues, our workplace, and our profession. Because of this, perioperative nurses should hold themselves accountable for patient advocacy, continuity of care, lifelong learning, to colleagues, the nursing profession, and their organization.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Accountability in Nursing Practice: Why it is Important for Patient Safety.
- Creators
- Renae BattiéVictoria M Steelman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AORN journal, Vol.100(5), pp.537-541
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aorn.2014.08.008
- PMID
- 25443124
- ISSN
- 1878-0369
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557618102771
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