A hospital's current quality improvement program has integrated the principles of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 5 Million Lives Campaign. How can the hospital best achieve the campaign goals of reducing preventable harm and death?
A) By adhering to EBP guidelines
B) By reducing nurse-to-patient ratios and increasing accountability
C) By having researchers from outside the facility evaluate care
D) By involving patients and families in their care planning
Ans: A
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The 5 Million Lives Campaign posits that if evidence-based guidelines it advocated were voluntarily implemented by U.S. hospitals, 5 million lives would be saved from either harm or death over a two-year period. Nurse-to-patient ratios, family participation, and independent evaluation are not stated components of the campaign.
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