Table of Contents

Contents: Making a Difference for Practice through Standards * Nursing Standards: The Basis of Professional Practice * Nursing Standards for Professional Practice: The Wesorick Model * The Blueprint for Quality Management: The Agenda for the Future * Standards as a Benchmark of the Case Management Approach to Care Delivery * Integrating Standards into the Decision Making of Nurse Clinicians and Nurse Administrators: The Excelcare System * The Marker Model for Standards Development * Standards of Practice and Standards of Care: Developing a Successful Model in a Large Division of Nursing * Developing and Implementing a Standards Model in a Community Hospital * Nursing Diagnosis and Standards in Critical Care: Outcomes and Accountability * A Process To Validate Nursing Standards: A Vital Element of Nursing Quality Improvement Programs * Legal Implications of Standards * Nursing Standards: A Direction for the Future