A nurse is reviewing the literature involving benchmark studies related to medical errors. Which study would the nurse expect to find?
A) Thomas, Studdert, Newhouse, et al., found that the more than one half of adverse events found could not be prevented.
B) "To Err Is Human" reported that the elderly were at greatest risk for medication errors, experiencing harmful medication errors three times more often than children.
C) "To Err Is Human" found that deaths due to medical errors in the United States could be considered the eighth leading cause of death in 1999.
D) The July 2004 HealthGrades study found that medical-error statistics published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) had overestimated the problem by as much as 50%.
C
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The antepartum nurse is caring for parents who have lost their baby at 20 weeks' gestation. Which intervention is most appropriate for the nurse to implement with this family?
A) Calling social services to help with burial plans B) Explaining the causative factor of the fetal loss C) Telling the parents they can have another baby D) Obtaining an order for counseling for the parents
The nurse is caring for an older patient who is terminally ill and in the end stages of life. Which actions by the patient would the nurse anticipate? Select all that apply.
1. Asking an estranged brother to make a hospital visit. 2. Assigning a family member as executor of their estate. 3. Discussing pain management with their physician. 4. Voicing concerns of leaving behind loved ones after death. 5. Increasing the hours for private duty aid to assist with personal care needs.
In the early days of occupational health nursing, the nurse's work was centered on
1. The injured worker 2. All workers, to include prevention 3. The family 4. The community
Conflict has arisen within the hospital regarding who will staff a proposed high-acuity unit. The nurse executive and other administrators have purposefully not intervened in this conflict
Why is that strategy appropriate? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Conflict draws attention to an issue. 2. The administrators do not like conflict management. 3. Conflict can stimulate new ideas about how to manage the high-acuity unit. 4. Conflict about the unit will help to identify the compromises necessary to make it a viable part of the hospital system. 5. Conflicts about staffing may make current staff members reexamine their own performance.