What would the nurse identify as the most basic purpose of standards of care?
A) To protect and safeguard the public as a whole
B) To ensure that all patients receive state-of-the-art care
C) To protect health care providers and prevent their giving less than quality care
D) To ensure administrative agencies are protected from frivolous lawsuits

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Rationale 1: The standards are meant to protect the public from receiving varying degrees of quality of care.
Rationale 2: State-of-the-art care changes rapidly and cannot be ensured by writing standards of care.
Rationale 3: Standards of care are not primarily written to protect health care providers.
Rationale 4: Frivolous lawsuits are not prevented by writing standards of care.

What Would the Nurse Identify as the Most Basic Purpose