An Intravenous Infusion Center Is Considering Switching Intravenous Pumps to Another

question 9

Multiple Choice

An intravenous infusion center is considering switching intravenous pumps to another vendor. A team of nurses is gathered to examine the benefits and uses and to conduct a cost analysis of various intravenous pumps. After thoroughly reviewing the data and piloting several intravenous pumps, the team votes to determine which pumps to use. The nurses selected the pump which provides them with the most safeguards for safe infusion delivery. Which type of decision-making tool was used in this process?

• A) Simulation
• B) Pilot project
• C) Data analytics
• D) Evidence informed

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Definitions:

Long-term Memory

The phase of the memory system that is capable of storing large amounts of information for potentially unlimited duration.

Retrieval Failure

A failure in memory that occurs when information cannot be recalled from long-term storage.

Access Information

The ability or right to obtain or make use of data or resources.

Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

A model depicting the decrease in the ability to recall information over time, suggesting that memory fades rapidly initially, then levels off.