The nurse manager plans to teach the graduate nurse the reason why the nursing unit has policies and procedures. What best describes the reason for policies and procedures?
1. The policies and procedures establish standards of care for the institution.
2. The policies and procedures indicate how nursing personnel are to perform skills.
3. The policies and procedures establish how the health care facility is to be run.
4. The policies and procedures indicate the steps that must be taken when a medication error occurs.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: The reason health care facilities have policies and procedures is to establish standards of care for the facility; the performance of skills is included under standards of care. Steps to be taken when a medication error occurs are included under standards of care. Health care facilities have policies and procedures in place to establish standards of care for the facility, not to establish how the facility is to be run.
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