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saraeharris

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A quality assurance manager does an audit and six months later returns to see if the problem has been eliminated. This step:
 
  a. Involves selecting explicit criteria for quality care
  b. Includes the review of records
  c. Requires a peer review of all cases that do not meet criteria
  d. Completes the audit process

Question 2

Which action would a nurse take when using the specific approach to quality improvement?
 
  a. Evaluate an agency's ability to meet criteria or standards.
  b. Implement the plan/do/check/act cycle.
  c. Provide care to individual citizens.
  d. Use criteria set forth by regulatory agencies.



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Answer to Question 1

D
The final step in the audit process involves determining whether problems uncovered in an audit have been eliminated.

Answer to Question 2

B
The specific approaches to quality improvement are methods used to manage a specific health care delivery system in an attempt to deliver care with outcomes acceptable to the consumer.



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