"Ninety-five percent of all patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain will receive aspirin 80 mg within 15 minutes of arrival unless contraindicated."
Top hospital emergency departments use this standard to eliminate sudden death related to chest pain. Hospitals desiring to replicate these results establish compliance rates known as:
a. competencies.
b. benchmarks.
c. driving force.
d. Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS).
ANS: B
Correct: A benchmark is a standard for other providers or institutions to replicate.
Incorrect:
a. A competency is the ability to practice safely based on knowledge, skills, and attitudes for a certain role.
c. Driving forces promote change. In this example they may be a desire to be a magnet hospital or simply to be recognized as a safe place to receive care.
d. TeamSTEPPS is a team training and communication approach that enhances patient safety.
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