The nurse is using a methodology for organizing client care through an episode of illness so that specific clinical and financial outcomes are achieved within an allotted time frame. This methodology is considered as being:
a. a critical pathway. c. problem-oriented records.
b. case management. d. source-oriented charting.
ANS: B
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