When a nurse assesses the necessity of receiving care before providing services, it is called a:
a. Concurrent audit
b. Retrospective audit
c. Prospective utilization review
d. Retrospective utilization review
C
Doing an assessment of the necessity of care before giving service is called a prospective utiliza-tion review.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word