A nurse is explaining to a nursing student that a patient experienced a sentinel event during a previous hospitalization. What does the student understand about this event?
A.
Experienced an unusual event that is rare in the literature
B.
Had an unexpected response to treatment or nursing care
C.
Meeting a major milestone in treatment for an illness
D.
Unexpected event resulting in serious injury (or death)
ANS: D
A sentinel event is an unexpected event that results in the death or serious injury of a patient. The other descriptions are inaccurate.
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