A health care organization wants to improve its patient outcomes. ...

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A health care organization wants to improve its patient outcomes. Which of the following could the organization use to achieve this goal?
 
  a. Critical pathways c. Nursing Outcomes Classification
  b. Benchmarks d. Standards of Care

Question 2

The central figure of the concept map represents
 
  a. the priority nursing diagnoses c. the reason for seeking medical care
  b. the client d. essential admission information

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Answer to Question 1

B
Benchmarks are standards of excellence. Critical pathways are documents that identify care activities for a patient along the continuum of care. Nursing Outcomes Classification is a system of categorizing patient outcomes. Standards of care reflect the expected physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual care of a patient population.

Answer to Question 2

B, C, D

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