You are working on a labor and delivery unit in the local ...

[frankwu]

You are working on a labor and delivery unit in the local hospital.
 
  Your supervisor informs you that the hospital wants to look at outcomes of postpartum infections and then compare them with other institutions that are of similar size and have similar clientele. You recognize that the hospital will be doing which of the following? a. Auditing c. Benchmarking
  b. Quality performance d. Downsizing

Question 2

The research of Simkin (1996) focused on which of the following?
 
  a. The developmental tasks of pregnancy
  b. Women's memories of the birth experience
  c. Immediate response of the mother to the infant
  d. Mother-father relationship prior to pregnancy

[olivia_paige29]

Answer to Question 1

C
You recognize that the hospital is benchmarking. This process involves the organization comparing an aspect of its outcomes with the outcomes from another institution that is of similar size and has similar clientele.

Answer to Question 2

B
The focus research conducted by Simkin (1996) was on women's memories of the birth experience. Data suggested that women remember their labor and birth with unusual clarity for up to 20 years after the event.

[frankwu]

Gracias!

[bitingbit]

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