In the event of a lawsuit, nurses are measured against
a. what the patient thinks should have happened
b. the physician's orders
c. the standard of care
d. the curriculum content of the school from which the nurse was graduated
C
Health care policies at the organizational level define nursing practice. Tools to integrate the policy mandates and best practices into nursing care include standards of care, procedures, guidelines, and algorithms. In the event of a lawsuit, these documents will define the organizational standard of care against which the nurse will be measured.
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