Which statement regarding characteristics of clinical pathways shows the nurses understanding?
a. "Clinical pathways focus on patient out-comes.".
b. "Clinical pathways use a timeline with sequenced interventions.".
c. "Clinical pathways collaborate efforts by health care professionals.".
d. "Clinical pathways involve nurse-centered orientation.".
D
Clinical pathways help reduce expensive variations in care. Clinical pathways are interdisciplinary plans of care that outline the optimal sequencing and timing of interventions for patients with a particular diagnosis, procedure, or symptom. Clinical pathways are not a nurse-centered orientation.
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