Which of the following chapters from the Joint Commission's hospital accreditation manual does not fall under the category of patient-focused functions?
a. provision of care, treatment, and services
b. medication management
c. nursing services
d. ethics, rights, and responsibilities
C
The Joint Commission's standards for hospital accreditation have identified a number of different chapters that can be categorized into two groups: patient-focused functions and organization-focused functions. The identified patient-focused functions are: 1) provision of care, treatment, and services; 2) medication management, 3) ethics, rights, and responsibilities, and 4) surveillance, prevention, and control of infections. Organization-focused functions are: 1) nursing services, 2) medical staff, 3) management of information, 4) management of human resources, 5) management of the environment of care, 6) leadership, and 7) improving organization performance.
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