A chief nursing officer (CNO) wishes to demonstrate to the community that the quality of nursing in his or her particular hospital meets or exceeds professional standards. The best method for demonstrating this would be for the CNO to
a. advertise nurse–patient ratios.
b. apply for magnet hospital status.
c. hire advanced practice nurses.
d. publish complication rates.
B
Applying for and receiving magnet hospital status from the American Nurses Association shows a facility meets or exceeds eight standards of care and can be used to publicize the quality of nursing services in that facility.
Advertising nurse–patient ratios would give the public some information about nursing quality, but many individuals would not understand the implications of specific nurse–patient ratios.
Hiring more advanced practice nurses would not specifically demonstrate that the hospital had met or exceeded professional standards.
Publishing complication rates for specific procedures or populations of patients would be valuable information to some consumers, but this often reflects medical care more than nursing care.
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