[color=#cc3333]new jcaho standards require smoking cessation advice/counseling
7/15/05
the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations (jcaho) now requires hospitals and other health care organizations to document adult smoking history and smoking cessation advice/counseling for three specific diagnoses: acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and community acquired pneumonia. www.nursingworld.org/news/ananews.htm#smoking
mod comment:
soon we will have to document how many sheets of toilet paper or tissues used too...
karen