Accreditation improves the quality of a health care organization by __________
a. developing a quality improvement plan that is implemented for the duration of the accreditation process
b. providing standards for governance but not for leadership
c. providing standards for both governance and patient care delivery
d. providing standards for governance but not for patient care delivery
c
a. Incorrect: The quality improvement plan should be implemented and adhered to before, during, and after the accreditation process.
b. Incorrect: Accreditation provides standards for governance, leadership, and client care delivery.
c. Correct: Accreditation programs are built on standards for governance, leadership, and client care delivery such as critical care, cancer care, home care, hospice palliative care, etc. The standards are standards of excellence, and their purpose is for an organization to use them to identify areas where they are doing well and areas within which they can improve.
d. Incorrect: Accreditation provides standards for governance, leadership, and client care delivery.
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1. Breach of privacy. 2. Negligence. 3. Malpractice. 4. A breach of ethics.
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A) Examining personal biases and prejudices B) Researching characteristics of the specific culture C) Asking colleagues ways to approach the client D) Developing awareness of the culture's health practices