Which resource would a public health nurse measuring quality assurance in the 1960s most likely have used?
a. American Nurses Association Standards of Practice
b. Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals Nursing Audit Criteria
c. Community Health Nursing Practice Standards
d. Phaneuf nursing audit method
D
Phaneuf's nursing audit method was one of the first tools, developed in 1965, that has been used extensively in population-centered nursing practice. The ANA's Divisions on Practice was created in 1966; however, this did not provide practice standards. The JCAH began developing its standards in the mid-1980s. The Community Health Nursing Practice Standards was devel-oped in 1973.
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