The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) has been managed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since April 2013. Previously the NAQC was housed at The George Washington University School of Nursing since its inception. It has become the "go to" organization in the field for advancing high-quality, patient-centered health care. NAQC's mission and focus remain the same. The NAQC is continuously working to achieve quality and safety for all patients.
The NAQC and the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Institute have launched a Practice Strategies Repository that will serve as a database for nurse-led and developed innovative solutions to ongoing patient quality and safety concerns.
The Practice Strategies repository is a peer-reviewed practice strategy submission process that mirrors the existing QSEN Teaching Strategies repository. Foundational to this effort are the QSEN Competencies that have been incorporated into nursing education and are integral to successful nursing practice in patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics. A significant goal of this project is to strengthen the alignment of the QSEN competencies between practice and academia.
NAQC developed and disseminated nine guiding principles for patient engagement which calls for a dynamic partnership among patients, their families, and caregivers and incorporates mutual responsibilities and accountabilities and shared decision-making.
The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) has been managed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since April 2013.
The NAQC had been previously housed at The George Washington University School of Nursing (GWSON) since its inception and is now the "go to" organization in the field for advancing high-quality, patient-centered health care. NAQC’s mission and focus remain the same. NAQC’s permanent home with ANA has allowed it to further build upon its work to achieve quality and safety for all patients. The Alliance has maintained the same membership structure and will always continue to accept additional member organizations. The GWSON has remained an active member in the alliance. The current chair of the NAQC is the NAQC representative for GWSON.
For more information contact: Cheryl Peterson, Vice President of Nursing Programs, American Nurses Association at naqc@ana.org.
The NAQC is a bold partnership among the nation’s leading nursing organizations, consumers, and other key stakeholders to advance the highest quality, safety and value of consumer-centered health care for all individuals, their families, and their communities. NAQC believes that only with stronger, more unified nursing policy ‘voices’ will we achieve dramatic and sustainable achievement in quality and safety for the American public.
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Explore The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) resources for in depth information on Policy and Health Care Quality Leadership, Public Comments on Proposed Rules Impacting Nurses and Patients and Quality Measure Work.
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American Nurses Association
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 500
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301.628.5000
Toll-Free: 1.800.274.4262
Email: naqc@ana.org
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