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Diane

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on: Jul 7, 2018
The specific tools used to make quality visible to stakeholders in health care are called:
 
  a. indicators.
  b. outcomes.
  c. variable selections.
  d. quality measures.

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As a nurse manager, you have been offered a position at a Veterans Administration hospital. In accepting the position, it is important for you to understand that veterans hospitals provide:
 
  a. Primary care and are privately funded.
  b. A range of services and are responsible to government and taxpayers.
  c. Secondary care only and are publicly ad-ministered and funded.
  d. Services to veterans under an HMO.


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jomama

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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Indicators are valid and reliable measures related to performance (Oermann & Huber, 1999, p. 41). They are the specific tools used to make quality visible to stakeholders in health care.

Answer to Question 2

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Veterans Administration hospitals provide a range of services to veterans and are responsible to government and thus to taxpayers, who support the hospitals.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Excellent

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