A nurse manager, giving a presentation to subordinates, details an issue associated with registered nurses known as "failure to rescue.". Research has shown that "failure to rescue" is linked to which of the following?
a. Lower proportion of hours of care at the bedside
b. Weak cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills
c. Inappropriate budgeting by the manager
d. Inadequate equipment and resources
A
Low proportion of nursing hours of care per day has been linked with "failure to rescue," which is
defined as death from pneumonia, shock or cardiac arrest, upper GI bleeding, sepsis, deep venous
thrombosis, and urinary tract infections.
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