TEST BANK FOR ESSENTIALS FOR NURSING PRACTICE 8TH EDITION BY POTTER Chapter 10: Informatics and Documentation

ANS: D Regulations from agencies such as The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require health care institutions to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient care. Typically, such monitoring and evaluations occur through the auditing of information health care providers document in patient records. It does not include cost of care per patient day, number of RNs, nor absence of sentinel events. PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) REF: 163 OBJ: Identify key reasons for reporting and recording patient care. TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care 2.A registered nurse is caring for an older adult patient with lung cancer. The daughter, who is also a nurse, asks to see the chart. What is the nurses best response?