FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Silver Spring, MD - The American Nurses Association (ANA) successfully strengthened a proposed revision by the Joint Commission to its "Nursing" (NR) chapter for all hospitals and ensured active leadership roles for chief nurse executives in governing bodies. "ANA insisted on the required participation of the Chief Nursing Officer on the hospital's governing body. We ensured the mandate that the nurse executive be integrated into the decision making processes of the administration, medical staff and clinical leaders," said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR. The newly revised element of performance reads that effective immediately, "An identified nurse leader, at the executive level, assumes an active leadership role with the organization's governing body, management, organized medical staff, and clinical leaders in the organization's decision-making structures and processes. Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA,BC, Chief Executive Officer, ANA "The bottom line is that ANA held The Joint Commission accountable by not letting them back away from the nurse standards they wrote over 10 years ago which required that CNOs be at the table with their physician colleagues, in the hospital Board room and on the executive team." # # # The American Nurses Association is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation's 2.9 million registered nurses (RNs) through its 54 constituent member associations. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying Congress and the regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the public.
February 13, 2007
CONTACT:
Mary McNamara, 301-628-5198
Mary Stewart, 301-628-5038
ANA's Ensures Active Language Regarding Chief Nurse Executives' Role Remains in The Joint Commission Standards
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