The major goal of the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders) program in-cludes which of the following?
a. Improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults
b. Increase the number of older adults cared for in hospitals
c. Increase the number of iatrogenic compli-cations that occur in hospitalized older adults
d. Decrease 30-day readmission rates for hospitalized older adults
ANS: A
The goal of NICHE is to improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults. Although D is a good outcome for hospitalized older adults, it is not one of the major goals of NICHE, which are broader. Options b and c are not goals that would improve care for older adults, but would be negative outcomes themselves.
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