What Is the Primary Purpose of Incident Reports

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the primary purpose of incident reports?

• A)Documenting that a particular nurse should not be retained
• B)Documenting the breach in a standard of care
• C)Punishing the employee at fault
• D)Recognizing patterns of possible problems

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