A Medical-Surgical Unit Utilizes a Group of Nurses and Patient

question 26

Multiple Choice

A medical-surgical unit utilizes a group of nurses and patient care assistants to determine ways to reduce the number of falls in the unit. They conduct Internet research to locate best practice interventions. They create fall risk alerts in the unit, and they implement hourly rounding to assess the need for toileting. After putting these small changes into place, they will evaluate the data to determine effectiveness. This project is an example of:

• A) rapid response teams.
• B) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.
• C) root cause analysis.
• D) Rapid Cycle Change.

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