Documenting Nursing Activities (Record System Used in an Agency)
Documenting Nursing Activities (Record System Used in an Agency) ( 27 Questions)
A nurse is reviewing a critical pathway for a client who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The nurse should understand that a critical pathway:.
a critical pathway does not specify the plan of care for clients with different diagnoses, but rather for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course.
A critical pathway provides guidelines for managing clients with similar health problems. According to the definition from Wikipedia, a critical pathway is one of the main tools used to manage the quality in healthcare concerning the standardisation of care processes. It has been shown that their implementation reduces the variability in clinical practice and improves outcomes.
a critical pathway does not describe the roles and responsibilities of each member of the health care team, but rather defines, optimizes and sequences the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care.
a critical pathway does not evaluate the quality and cost-effectiveness of care delivered to clients, but rather aims to promote organised and efficient patient care based on evidence-based medicine.
A critical pathway provides guidelines for managing clients with similar health problems. According to the definition from Wikipedia, a critical pathway is one of the main tools used to manage the quality in healthcare concerning the standardisation of care processes. It has been shown that their implementation reduces the variability in clinical practice and improves outcomes.
Choice A is wrong because a critical pathway does not specify the plan of care for clients with different diagnoses, but rather for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course. Choice C is wrong because a critical pathway does not describe the roles and responsibilities of each member of the health care team, but rather defines, optimizes and sequences the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care. Choice D is wrong because a critical pathway does not evaluate the quality and cost-effectiveness of care delivered to clients, but rather aims to promote organised and efficient patient care based on evidence-based medicine.
Normal ranges for COPD are: FEV1/FVC ratio < 0.7; FEV1 < 80% predicted; FVC normal or reduced; TLC > 80% predicted; RV > 120% predicted; DLCO < 80% predicted.