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Ilya Kagan1, Naomi Farkash-Fink, Miri Fish
1Nursing Administration, Rabin Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel (Dr Kagan and Mss Farkash-Fink and Fish); and Nursing Department, Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Dr Kagan).
Abstract:
How might a tertiary hospital's nursing staff respond to the huge improvement effort required for external accreditation if they are encouraged to lead the change process themselves? This article reports the results of a concurrent evaluation of the nursing work climate at ward level, before and after accreditation by the Joint Commission International. Physician-nurse relations improved; the involvement of social workers, dieticians, and physiotherapists increased; support services responded more quickly to requests; and management-line staff relations became closer.
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