As the Unit Manager,you Spend a Day Performing Direct Patient

question 19

Multiple Choice

As the unit manager,you spend a day performing direct patient care and work with a new system that is designed to capture patient documentation at the bedside.During discussions with staff while giving care,you discover that the number of screens that need to be opened during documentation makes charting more complex and time-consuming than traditional manual charting approaches.On the basis of this feedback,you:

• A)Assume that the system is doing what it needs to do.
• B)Provide reassurance to staff that the unit has achieved its goals in implementation of the system.
• C)Ask some of the staff if they have had similar experiences with the system.
• D)Consult chart audit data and end user consultation reports to determine if errors and problems are occurring.

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