A Group of Nurses Is Presenting the Importance of High-Quality

question 22

Multiple Choice

A group of nurses is presenting the importance of high-quality care during a system-wide meeting of medical-surgical nurses. They point out a finding of the Quality Chasm that:

• A) being insured has little effect on a person's longevity and the quality of care received.
• B) lobbyists for the drug companies are able to gain permission for the use of new drugs within 1 year of their discovery.
• C) although a greater number of lawsuits stem from medication errors, more people actually die from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome (AIDS).
• D) medication-related errors place a tremendous financial burden on the U.S. health care system.

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