Joint Commission Role

Discuss: The Joint Commission’s role for setting standards in-patient and family education

Discussion Topics: What are some ways to make education patient-centered? Why does patient education need to be documented? Patient centered care is providing care that is both respectful and responsive to each individual patient. This could include the patient’s preferences, needs, and values. As nurses role is to create an environment that is patient-centered while keeping the standards of The Joint Commission. Patient centered care is important when teaching any patient about either a current condition or future. This can be used in order to teach the patient about what signs of infection to look for after a surgery and even the proper ways

When educating our patients it is important to make sure that all education is documented. Documentation of all patient education is important because this will provide legal record for the nurse. It is also important in documentation that this will validate that all standards of care are being met. The Joint Commission will review charts and audit for the proper documentation such as patient education. The result of proper charting will provide reimbursement for the hospital, along with creating a safe environment for the patients. When it comes to the Joint Commission it also brings importance to tactics for patients with low literacy. As part of making care patient-centered, healthy literacy comes into play. When documenting this is an area that nurses have accountability for in order to create a safe learning environment. There is a high rate of medical errors and adverse events related to communication breakdowns, now widely recognized, are also widely acknowledged to be untenable (Edwards). The Joint Commission allows for guidelines to establish patient-centered care in order to create the best outcomes for