Making the Business Case for Quality and Nursing

Years ago, one nursing organization chose to feature historical black and white photos of nurses in traditional white uniforms on a series of their journal's front covers. With each picture were the same six words, “Quality, Thy Name is Nursing Care.” As a hospital nurse executive, I was so taken with those covers and their message that I had them matted and framed. They have hung in my various offices since then, a reminder of the awesome accountability nurses have to each individual patient wherever he or she receives care.