Accreditation Standards and Professional Guidelines _____

question 12

Multiple Choice

Accreditation standards and professional guidelines _____.

• A)are used to establish mandates of care
• B)do not have the same force as statutes
• C)might be less specific than Medicare CoP
• D)were developed by departments of health

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Definitions:

Charting

The practice of recording medical information, observations, and treatments in a patient's healthcare record.

Critical Pathways

Medical plans that provide the most efficient sequence of interventions for a given medical condition or procedure.

Activity

Actions or tasks performed by an individual, ranging from daily routines to specific exercises or hobbies.

Nursing Diagnosis

A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes, which provides the basis for selecting nursing interventions.