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Diane · **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.

Question 2

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.

jomama · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
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

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