A nurse is learning about quality improvement measures taken by the hospital. Root cause analy-sis is a process for identifying the cause of an error. What is the greatest benefit to establishing the root cause?
a. Prevention of future similar incidents
b. Identification of the responsible person
c. Allows corrective action to be taken
d. Identification of cause
ANS: A
The purpose of investigations of errors is to prevent incidents in the future. The options are not the greatest benefit to the process.
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