Nurses need to be confident and competent to practice successfully. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identifies which of the following areas as one of nursing's utmost priority?
A. Providing safe, quality patient care
B. Identifying lowest risk patients to receive the most care
C. Providing best practice first to older adults
D. Alleviating suffering by enforcing do not resuscitate (DNR) status to patients with more than three comorbidities
ANS: A
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A Correct because the IOM's focus is safety and quality patient care.
B Incorrect because the IOM's first priority is safety so it would focus more on high-risk patients.
C Incorrect because the IOM is not just fo-cused on the care of older adults.
D Incorrect because the IOM is not specifi-cally focused on palliative care.
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