A Student Nurse Is Talking with His Instructor

question 4

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is talking with his instructor. The student asks how quality of care is evaluated. What is the best response by the instructor?

• A) "Quality of care is evaluated by the patient getting well."
• B) "Quality of care is evaluated on the basis of process and outcomes."
• C) "Quality of care is evaluated by the physician's assessment."
• D) "Quality of care is evaluated by the patient's satisfaction."

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the appropriate periods, ensuring that revenues and expenses are matched.

Accumulated Depreciation

The complete value of a physical asset's price that has been charged as an expense from the time the asset started being utilized.

Contra Asset Account

A type of account that reduces the total value of a related asset account on a company's balance sheet.

Asset-Expense Relationship

The correlation between a company's assets and expenses, indicating how asset utilization incurs costs.