A nurse completes an incident/occurrence report on a patient who fell while walking in the hallway. The nurse completes this report for what purpose?
a. To exchange information among health care members
b. To provide information about patients on one unit to another
c. To prevent a legal lawsuit from the patient
d. To aid in the hospital's quality improvement program
D
Incident reports are an important part of quality improvement. The overall goal is to identify changes needed to prevent future reoccurrence. A report is an exchange of information between health care members. Transfer reports involve communication of information about patients from one nurse on the sending unit to the nurse on the receiving unit. Occurrence reports do not prevent lawsuits.
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