Clinical Excellence and Safety - Resources and Tools
Ensuring clinical excellence and promoting safety through standards of practice.
General Information
Articles of Interest
- NHPCO’s Quality Partners Initiative: The Motivation and Rationale Behind Its Development. Newsline, August 2006. (PDF)
- What Do We Mean By Quality? Newsline, July 2006. (PDF)
- Read Larry Beresford’s article on Clinical Excellence and Safety in his monthly Newsline column focusing on Quality Partners - coming soon!
Helpful Organizations
- American Pain Society
- American Academy of Pain Medicine
- PainKnowledge.org, Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services
- Ready.gov, Department of Homeland Security
- Information on the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Program
- State Offices and Agencies of Emergency Management, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Resources to Meet Requirements of NHPCO’s Quality Partners Program
Hospice Operations Support
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Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Hospice (2001)
- Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Hospice has been in the works for many years. It has benefited from the insights, thoughts, and prayers of innumerable people. In some ways, these guidelines arise out of everyone who has taken an interest in the spiritual caregiver section of the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals. There has been much listening, and much concentration and consolidation of what was heard. We hope that what results in the document is an inspiration to the continuing improvement in spiritual caregiving in hospice.
- HPNA Position Statements
- HPNA Approved Educators
- HPNA Weekly Teleconferences
- HPNA Journal
- HPNA Train the Trainer Clinical Review
- HPNA Educational Products
- HPNA TIP sheets for Nursing Assistants
- NBCHPN Certification (all levels of Nursing would also apply here)
Help Desk
If after reviewing the online resources you need additional assistance, contact quality@nhpco.org or the Quality Team at 703-837-1500.
