A Nurse Is Looking to Develop a New Policy to Address

question 8

Multiple Choice

A nurse is looking to develop a new policy to address the rising rate of central line infections in their medical intensive care unit (ICU) . The nurse speaks with the nurse manager about utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) approach, instead of simply developing new ICU protocols. Which of the following is not a benefit of using this system?

• A)New protocols can be tested before implementing them throughout the hospital ICUs.
• B)The staff can work with manufacturers of the medical equipment to determine how the central line trays can be arranged more efficiently.
• C)They can figure out what works on the large scale fairly quickly.
• D)The nurses can figure out what other processes need to be addressed with the new policy changes.

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Definitions:

Causation

The relationship between cause and effect where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).

Secondary

Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

Upcoming Event

A scheduled occurrence that is planned to happen in the future.

Appraisal

The act of evaluating or estimating the nature, quality, or importance of something or someone.