A Nursing Checklist of Actions to Decrease Liability Notes a Number

question 30

Multiple Choice

A nursing checklist of actions to decrease liability notes a number of different ways to help prevent liability.Which of the following are suggestions from this list? Select all that apply.

• A)communicate with your patients and keep them informed
• B)maintain ongoing monitoring of the process and outcome of patient care through incident reports, sentinel events, etc.
• C)develop physical, mental, and verbal "no abuse" policies
• D)frequently use verbal orders and the telephone to promote rapid transmission of information to help ensure good patient outcomes.

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