What information obtained from hospital data collection can be used for patient improvement?
a. Infection rates
b. Employee satisfaction
c. Best practice
d. Overtime costs
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A Infection rates are data that provide information about patient care.
B This provides data for staffing purposes.
C This provides data for research purposes.
D This provides data for administrative purposes.
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Even though a nursing assistant notices that an older patient's oral intake has been poor since being admitted to the care area, the assistant is not concerned since "older people don't need to eat much anyway."
How should the nurse respond to this assistant's comment? A) "That's a myth actually; older adults have increased caloric and nutritional needs.". B) "Actually, older adults who are sick require more calories than younger people do during their recovery.". C) "You're right, but it's still important that we provide vitamin supplements especially when a patient is recovering from an illness.". D) "Even though it is true that older people don't need quite as many calories as younger people, they need as many nutrients as you or I.".
Which statement about divorce rates is correct?
a. The divorce rate is increasing. b. The divorce rate is decreasing. c. The divorce rate is difficult to measure due to the increase in cohabitation. d. The divorce rate has leveled off and re-mains relatively constant.
Continuous Quality Improvement generally includes the following common set of characteristics that include which of the following?
a. A link to key elements of the organization's strategic plan b. Training programs for personnel c. Staff support for process analysis and redesign d. Application of current and rigorous techniques of scientific method and statistical process control e. All of the above
Adolescent male children can grow in a year as much as:
a. 2 to 8 inches b. 4 to 12 inches c. 1 to 2 inches d. 6 to 8 inches