A nurse working at a facility that has just introduced the use of clinical pathways must understand that clinical pathways:
a. do not require quality monitoring.
b. are more specific than clinical algorithms.
c. do not depend on an interdisciplinary approach.
d. are maps with timetables for patient care delivery.
D
Clinical pathways identify the key clinical processes and corresponding timelines to which a patient must adhere to achieve standard outcomes within a specified period of time. They require quality monitoring and interdisciplinary cooperation, and they are less specific than clinical algorithms.
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