There are multiple key quality standards in nursing. These include:
1. Patient-Centered Care: This standard focuses on providing care that respects and responds to individual patient preferences, needs, and values. 2. Safety: Ensuring that patients are free from harm and healthcare-associated infections is a fundamental aspect of quality care. 3. Efficiency: This involves optimizing resource use to achieve the best possible outcomes. 4. Effectiveness: Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit. 5. Timeliness: Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for those who receive and give care. 6. Equity: Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographical location, and socioeconomic status.
