This document discusses the importance of accountability and quality for advanced practice nurses (APNs). It outlines expectations for APNs to demonstrate how their work achieves desired health outcomes and to be accountable to patients, employers, and the public. Quality in healthcare is defined as the likelihood of desired health outcomes. The document also discusses frameworks for measuring quality at different levels and indicators that can be used to evaluate APN roles, processes, and outcomes.

1. Module Twenty Nine Accountability and the APN

18. Health Care System Triangle Cost Access Quality

32. Donabedian’s Framework for Quality Measurement Structures Processes Outcomes