The nursing manager understands that the phrase "active failure" in regard to patient safety means a(n)
a. system process is actively injuring patients and needs modification.
b. workplace practice is actively contributing to poor patient outcomes.
c. error has actively caused a patient to have a negative consequence.
d. unsafe act was committed by someone in direct contact with patients.
D
An active failure is an unsafe act committed by a person in direct contact with the patient. This is directly opposite a latent failure, which is caused by a systems problem.
An active failure is caused by a person in direct contact with the patient, not by a systems process.
An active failure is caused by a person in direct contact with the patient, not by a workplace practice per se.
An active failure is an unsafe act committed by a person in direct contact with the patient.
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