A nurse assesses the necessity of receiving care before providing services. Which of the following describes what is being implemented?
a. Concurrent audit
b. Retrospective audit
c. Prospective utilization review
d. Retrospective utilization review
ANS: C
Doing an assessment of the necessity of care before giving service is called a prospective utiliza-tion review. A concurrent audit evaluates the quality of ongoing care by looking at the nursing process. A retrospective audit evaluates quality of care through evaluation of the nursing process at the end of a program or as an audit of the long-term impact of a program within the health care system. A retrospective utilization review is an analysis of the necessity of the services received by the client after the care has been given.
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