A PHN in the 1960s is measuring quality assurance. Which of the ...

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A PHN in the 1960s is measuring quality assurance. Which of the following resources would the nurse most likely have used?
 
  a. American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Practice
  b. JCAHO Nursing Audit Criteria
  c. Community Health Nursing Practice Standards
  d. Phaneuf nursing audit method

Question 2

A nurse is given formal recognition as a professional with technical competence in a certain area of nursing practice. Which of the following terms describes what has happened?
 
  a. Licensure
  b. Accreditation
  c. Recognition
  d. Credentialing

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Phaneuf's nursing audit method was one of the first tools, developed in 1965, which has been used extensively in population-centered nursing practice. The ANA's Divisions on Practice was created in 1966; however, this did not provide practice standards. The JCAHO began developing its standards in the mid-1980s. The Community Health Nursing Practice Standards was devel-oped in 1973.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Credentialing is the formal recognition of a person as a professional with technical competence, or of an agency that has met minimum standards of performance. Licensure is a contract between the profession and the state which controls the quality of professional practice. Accreditation is a voluntary approach to QI used by institutions. Recognition is a process, whereby one agency ac-cepts the credentialing status of and the credentials conferred by another.

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Excellent

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