The nurse is participating in an activity that examines the flow of client care between departments to ensure that the processes work effectively with acceptable levels of performance. This type of activity is considered to be:
a. quality assurance. c. total quality management.
b. continuous quality improvement. d. process improvement.
ANS: D
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