Through the use of these programs, care can be evaluated, updated, and data compiled for reporting to regulatory agencies. Some of the programs listed in our course manual are: (1) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), this program provides patients, clinicians, and others with evidence-based information on evidence to make informed health care decisions through activities such as comparative effectiveness reviews conducted by the AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC). (2) The National Quality Forum (NQF), a national standards body for health care performance measures. NQF standards performance measures include serious reportable events and preferred practices (i.e., safe practices). These indicators are the first nationally standardized performance measures of nursing-related outcomes in acute care hospitals and are designed to assess health care quality, patient safety, and a professional work environment and safe (Grove, Gray and Burns 2015). In 1994, the American Nurses Association launched a plan to identify indicators of quality nursing practice and collect and analyze data using these indicators across the United States. The objective was to identify and/or develop quality measures appropriate for nursing care (Grove, Gray and Burns