Compared to a nursing care plan, a clinical pathway (select all that apply)
A. is multidisciplinary.
B. follows the client at specified time intervals.
C. is used for routine, noncomplex client diagnoses.
D. uses variance to examine the sequencing of care.
E. uses variance data as part of continuous quality improvement (CQI).
F. focuses on nursing goals.
A, D, E
Rationale: Nursing care plans detail the nursing care for an individual client. As such, outcomes are stated for that client. A clinical pathway is multidisciplinary and is used for disease states that are costly, complex, and variable. Data collected about variance are used for CQI.
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