The nurse manager is conducting audits to help increase efficiency and reduce costs to enhance the quality of client care. Which suggestion by the manager may occur as a result of these audits?
A) Conduct a wound care study to enhance client outcomes.
B) Install cameras to detect abuse of the clients.
C) Acquire new client care equipment.
D) Decrease staffing on the unit.
Answer: A
The top goal of any quality improvement program is to improve client outcomes of care. Increasing the RN staff, purchasing new equipment, and installing cameras may be found to be means to reach that goal, but studies must first be conducted to identify those means.
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