When Educating Staff About How to Reduce Errors and Increase

question 5

Multiple Choice

When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the nurse manager emphasizes the importance of communication that is

• A) clear.
• B) vague.
• C) timely.
• D) accurate.
• E) unambiguous.

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Definitions:

ICD-10-CM

International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification; a system used by physicians and healthcare providers to code and classify all diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures recorded in conjunction with hospital care in the U.S.

Numeric Or Alpha

Refers to data that can be represented as numbers (numeric) or letters (alpha).

ICD-9-CM

International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, a system used in the United States until 2015 to code and classify morbidity data from inpatient and outpatient records, including physician offices.

ICD-10-CM

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification; a system used for coding and classifying diagnoses and procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States.