The American Association of Critical Care Nurses standards for establishing and sustaining healthy work environments: off the printed page and into practice.

There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that an unhealthy work environment has an adverse impact not only on patients and families but on employees and organizations. The purpose of this article is to introduce the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses standards for establishing and sustaining a healthy work environment and to discuss ways to implement the standards in the acute and critical care workplace.