A Nurse Is Auditing and Monitoring Patients' Health Records

Multiple Choice

A nurse is auditing and monitoring patients' health records. Which action is the nurse taking?

A) Determining the degree to which standards of care are met by reviewing patients' health records
B) Realizing that care not documented in patients' health records still qualifies as care provided
C) Basing reimbursement upon the diagnosis-related groups documented in patients' records
D) Comparing data in patients' records to determine whether a new treatment had better outcomes than the standard treatment