As a nurse manager, you know that the satisfaction of patients is critical in making QI decisions. You propose to circulate a questionnaire to discharged patients, asking about their experiences on your unit
Your supervisor cautions you to also consider other sources of data for decisions because: a. The return rate on patient questionnaires is frequently low.
b. Patients are rarely reliable sources about their own hospital experiences.
c. Hospital experiences are frequently ob-scured by pain, analgesics, and other fac-tors affecting awareness.
d. Patients are reliable sources about their own experiences but are limited in their ability to gauge clinical competence of staff.
D
Patients are reliable and motivated sources of their own experience but often do not have suffi-cient knowledge of clinical procedures to provide feedback about clinical competence.
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