Quality Assurance in Nursing

External Audit Internal Audit

(General Approach) (Specific Approach)

Licensure Accreditation Certification Peer review Internal Quality

(Based on ANA standards) Assurance Cell

Hospitals Educational Patient Client/nursing care

Institutes satisfaction survey audit

JCAHO NABH NLN NAAC Concurrent Retrospective Prospective

audit audit audit

IQAC - Internal Quality Assessment Cell, JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, NLN - National League for Nursing,
NABH - National Accreditation Board for Hospitals  & Healthcare Providers, NAAC - National Assessment and Accreditation Council, ANA-American
Nurses Association