A nurse is documenting a variance that has occurred during the shift, and this report will be used for quality improvement to identify high-risk patterns and potentially initiate in-services programs. This is an example of which type of report?
a. incident report
b. nurse's shift report
c. transfer report
d. telemedicine report.
Ans: a. incident report
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