The nurse knows that the primary purpose of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 was to:

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The primary purpose of this act was to encourage health care institutions to share information related to safety issues in a safe environment.This allows for trends to be identified that can be mitigated through safety programs and process improvement, thus creating a culture of safety.The primary purpose of this act was not to create a new government agency to track safety problems.The primary purpose of this act was to create a safe environment in which information can be shared to help create a culture of safety, not to penalize those who commit errors.The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement act of 2005 does not require quality improvement initiatives.

The Nurse Knows That the Primary Purpose of the Patient