Welcome to Nurses section of The Joint Commission website.  This section will feature and news and information as well as safety and quality issues important to the nursing community.  

What's New

• “Providing a Safer Environment for Health Care Personnel and Patients through Influenza Vaccination: Strategies from Research and Practice” (6/24/09)
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence:  Overcoming the Challenges”  (4/14/09)
• Dear Nurse Executive Letter from Ann Blouin, RN, PhD, Executive Vice President, The Joint Commission (10/21/08) (Requires Adobe Reader)

News and Information

• JCR Journal Articles  - Updated 11/10/08
• Joint Commission Online
• Sentinel Event Alert
• 'Hospital of the Future' White Paper

Quality and Safety

• "Improving America's Hospitals: Annual Report on Quality and Safety - 2008"
• 2009 National Patient Safety Goals
• "Do Not Use" List
• Universal Protocol for Wrong Site Surgery

Additional Resources

• Nursing Advisory Council
• Healthcare at the Crossroads:  Nurse Staffing Crisis
• Report a Complaint about a health care organizations
• WikiHealthCare^TM
• Standards Online Question Form