Which of the following define standards of care?
a. Care maps
b. Tradition
c. Trial and error
d. Practitioner preference
ANS: A
A standard of care is a norm on which quality of care is judged. Clinical guidelines, critical paths, and care maps all are based on objective data that are evidence based and define standards of care.
Tradition is a method that is often based on trial and error that worked in certain situations, and has been carried over to subsequent generations of care providers. Traditional results may be credible, but are not empirically tested, and therefore do not fit the criteria of evidence-based practice.
Trial and error often can be haphazard in approach; it is not conducted in an objective, scientific, and rigorous method. Trial-and-error results may be credible, but are not empirically tested, and therefore do not fit the criteria of evidence-based practice.
Practitioner preference may be a conglomeration of many methods, including tradition, trial and error, anecdotal results, as well as evidence-based practice. However, it is not a systematic approach, empirically tested, and therefore does not fit the criteria of evidence-based practice.
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