Author Question: Accreditation improves the quality of a health care organization by __________. a. developing a ... (Read 148 times)

sarasara · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Accreditation improves the quality of a health care organization by __________.

a. developing a quality improvement plan that is implemented for the duration of the accreditation process
b. providing standards for governance but not for leadership
c. providing standards for both governance and patient care delivery
d. providing standards for governance but not for patient care delivery

Question 2

As nurses whose population-focused efforts involve advocating for the rights of children, the mentally ill, the indigent, and immigrants, these nurses recognize that they are advocating for the same groups as which person who also helped to

establish the Children's Bureau? a. Dorothea Dix c. Lillian Wald
b. Mary Agnes Snivley d. Isabel Hampton Robb

strudel15 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

c

a. Incorrect: The quality improvement plan should be implemented and adhered to before, during, and after the accreditation process.
b. Incorrect: Accreditation provides standards for governance, leadership, and client care delivery.
c. Correct: Accreditation programs are built on standards for governance, leadership, and client care delivery such as critical care, cancer care, home care, hospice palliative care, etc. The standards are standards of excellence, and their purpose is for an organization to use them to identify areas where they are doing well and areas within which they can improve.
d. Incorrect: Accreditation provides standards for governance, leadership, and client care delivery.

Answer to Question 2

C
Lillian Wald, well known for her establishment of the Henry Street Settlement, also helped establish
the Children's Bureau. Dorothea Dix was superintendent of the Union Army Nurses. Mary Agnes
Snivley formed the Canadian Nurses Association. Isabel Hampton Robb was the first superintendent of
the John's Hopkins Training School.