The Risk Manager Is Providing Education on Identifying Sentinel Events

question 17

Multiple Choice

The risk manager is providing education on identifying sentinel events for the nursing staff. Which scenarios would be good examples for the risk manager to use? Select all that apply.

• A) A patient is received dead on arrival from an automobile accident.
• B) An inpatient attempts to jump from the hospital's rooftop garden.
• C) A patient dies after being assigned a do not resuscitate (DNR) status.
• D) A woman suffers cardiac arrest during the delivery of a viable infant.
• E) A patient who suffered head trauma was admitted to the regular medical unit and dies.

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