This assignment is designed to give you a greater understanding of regulatory agencies and accreditation bodies, including their functions, public reporting requirements, and the how they impact quality and safety.

Regulatory Agencies and Accrediting Bodies

This assignment is designed to give you a greater understanding of regulatory agencies and accreditation bodies, including their functions, public reporting requirements, and the how they impact quality and safety.

Select and evaluate a regulatory agency or accrediting body.

Discuss the history of the agency or body.

Explain the reason for its existence.

Summarize the agency’s public reporting of quality indicators:

Frequency

Where they are reported

Why public reporting of these metrics is important

Explain how the agency or body operates:

Current function

Organizational structure

Governance

Analyze the impact the agency or body has on quality at each level of health care:

Health care organizations

Nursing practice

Patient care

Cite at least two sources in an APA-formatted reference page.

Format your assignment as one of the following:

18- to 20-slide presentation

3- to 4-minute podcast

15- to 20-minute oral presentation

875-word paper

Another format approved by your instructor

Submit your assignment.

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