A medical-surgical unit utilizes a group of nurses and patient care assistants to determine ways to reduce the number of falls in the unit. They conduct Internet research to locate best practice in-terventions
They create fall risk alerts in the unit, and they implement hourly rounding to assess the need for toileting. After putting these small changes into place, they will evaluate the data to determine effectiveness. This project is an example of: a. rapid response teams.
b. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.
c. root cause analysis.
d. Rapid Cycle Change.
D
Rapid Cycle Change is used in health care to improve patient safety and quality. It is based on the idea that changes are tried on a small scale to see how they work.
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