A nurse is removing a saturated dressing from an abdominal incision and must cut the tape to remove the dressing.
The nurse accidentally cuts the sutures holding the incision, and evisceration occurs. In quality improvement, this incident is best identified as a:
a. root cause.
b. sentinel event.
c. variation in performance.
d. causal factor.
A nonprofit organization that distributes to governmental agencies, the public, business, and health care professionals knowledge related to health care for the purpose of improving health is the:
a. Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
b. Institute of Medicine.
c. National Committee for Quality Assurance.
d. The Joint Commission.
A nurse is preparing to administer a medication by using the vastus lateralis site and is unfamiliar with the process. A step-by-step reference that shows how to complete the process is called a:
a. deployment flowchart.
b. top-down flowchart.
c. Pareto chart.
d. control plot.
A nurse responsible for staffing a medical-surgical unit must consider: (Select all that apply.)
a. the patient census.
b. physical layout of the unit.
c. complexity of care required.
d. educational level of all staff.
e. task preferences of the nurses.