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ahriuashd · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A quality assurance manager does an audit and 6 months later returns to see if the problem has been eliminated. Which of the following describes this step?

a. It involves selecting explicit criteria for quality care.
b. It includes the review of records.
c. It requires a peer review of all cases that do not meet criteria.
d. It completes the audit process.

Question 2

A nurse is using a concurrent audit to review documentation following home health visits. Which of the following statements describes why this type of audit is most appropriate in this situation?

a. It is less costly than a retrospective audit.
b. It represents the total picture of care that the client receives.
c. It provides more accurate data for plan-ning corrective action.
d. It identifies problems at the time that care is given.

janeli · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The final step in the audit process involves determining whether problems uncovered in an audit have been eliminated. Selecting explicit criteria for quality care is the second step of the process. Reviewing the records is the third step of the process. Completing a peer review for all cases that do not meet criteria is the fourth step of the process.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
One reason for using a concurrent audit rather than a retrospective audit is that it identifies prob-lems at the time that care is given. A concurrent audit is more costly to implement than a retro-spective audit. Because the intervention is ongoing, it does not present the total picture of the outcomes of the intervention that the client will ultimately receive. A retrospective audit provides more accurate data for planning corrective action.