The purpose of this council is to ensure that reliable high quality and evidence-based nursing care standards are established and disseminated across the continuum of care.
The functions of this council include:
- Monitor changes in practice for deviations from standards and make recommendations for corrective action
- Keep abreast of current evidence as it pertains to clinical practice and spearhead practice changes in response to new evidence
- Evaluate current clinical practice, identify areas of deficiency and delegate these items to the appropriate Practice Committee for evaluation and resolution
- Evaluate current clinical practice, identify areas of best practices and assists with the communication of best practices to all units
- Promote standardization of nursing practice across units wherever possible
- Promote shared decision making process to the nursing staff at UCSF