Which fact would you select to describe the mandate by The Joint Commission (TJC) regarding educating patients? The training and education must be
a. specific to the assessed needs, interdisciplinary, and evaluated for effectiveness.
b. specific to the assessed needs, cost-effective, and focused.
c. based on the patient's ability to learn, cost-effective, and timely.
d. specific to assessed needs, timely, and delivered by only one person for continuity.
ANS: A
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