The APN Is Working as a Unit Director Who Has

question 2

Multiple Choice

The APN is working as a unit director who has a high incidence of medication errors, specifically with heparin. One recent error was a patient given twice the prescribed dose. Which process would be most effective in determining the cause of the error in this situation?

• A) Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• B) Root Cause Analysis
• C) Lean
• D) Positive Deviance

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