Nursing audit aims to

• A. Compare actual nursing done to established standards
• B. Provide information to health-care providers
• C. Study client's illness and treatment regimen closely
• D. Provide research data to hospital personnel

Answer: (A)

A nursing audit focuses on quality by comparing what actually happens in nursing care with predefined standards. It’s a systematic check to see if care aligns with established criteria, so gaps and deviations can be identified and addressed through changes in policy, education, or practice. This helps ensure consistent, safe, evidence-based care across the board.

The other ideas describe activities that aren’t the core aim of an audit: studying a client’s illness and treatment is more like clinical research or case analysis, while providing research data to hospital personnel is about disseminating study findings rather than measuring care against standards. Providing information to health-care providers can be a result of audit findings, but the primary purpose is the comparison against standards to drive improvement.