Accountability in Nursing: Six Strategies to Build and Maintain a Culture of Commitment

Accountability is a hot topic in nursing and many nurse managers striving to improve their organizations ask themselves, “How can I get my staff to be accountable?”

It’s easy to become frustrated when your staff lack accountability and when they fail to do what is expected of them. And it’s often a struggle to bridge the gap between your staff’s performance and your expectations.

The HCPro book and CD-ROM Accountability in Nursing: Six Strategies to Build and Maintain a Culture of Commitment answer your questions and provide simple solutions for holding staff accountable. This resource provides you with six easy-to-follow steps that will help you hold staff accountable for their behaviors and actions.

You will learn how to:

With Accountability in Nursing as your guide, you have the tools to hold your staff, your peers, your superiors—and even yourself—accountable for providing excellent patient care.  

Take a look at the table of contents:

Chapter 1: What is Accountability?. Chapter 2: Accountability Tools. Chapter 3: Personal Accountability. Chapter 4: Holding Staff Accountable. Chapter 5: Holding Peers Accountable. Chapter 6: Seeking Accountability With Your Manager or Supervisor. Chapter 7: Working with Physicians . Chapter 8: Promoting Accountability with the C-Suite