Which example represents a negative patient variance?
1. A patient develops hospital-acquired pneumonia due to noncompliance with respiratory interventions.
2. The nurse administers a mislabeled medication.
3. A CBC was drawn on a patient instead of an ABG.
4. Difficulties were experienced in placing an older adult into long-term care.
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Explanation: 1. A patient variance identifies factors related to the patient that prevent the achievement of patient outcomes. In this case, a patient has developed a nosocomial infection because the patient did not want to do the intervention that might have prevented a negative outcome.
2. This is a provider negative variance.
3. This is a provider negative variance.
4. This is an operational negative variance.
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