Nursing & Patient Care Services

Professional Practice & Clinical Improvement

A PART OF NURSING PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

The Professional Practice and Clinical Improvement Department provides visionary leadership to interdisciplinary teams to build a culture of clinical excellence and reliable care through the development and support of the synthesis of expert knowledge in nursing, interpretation of scientific research, and application of evidence-based practices.

The department encompasses the Professional Practice, Specialty Practice and Nursing Quality teams. Our goal is to deliver quality compassionate care to all patients across the enterprise by:

Creating an environment that promotes nursing expertise, autonomy, and innovation
Developing and implementing standards of care that are based on scientific evidence
Continually evaluating our practice and using established processes to effect improvement

Professional Practice & Clinical
Improvement
^Overview

Professional Practice
^{Ensuring nurses deliver safe & effective care}

Specialty Practice
^{Providing complex or high-risk patient care}

Nursing Quality
^{Safety and quality improvement initiatives}

Stanford Center for Translational
Nursing Science^{Alignment of evidence & clinical practice}

Leadership Team

The Professional Practice & Clinical Improvement leadership team provides expert direction and oversight of the Practice, Specialty Practice and Nursing Quality teams to ensure safe and effective care for our patients.