"Failure to rescue" has been defined as "deaths per 1,000 patients having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization" (AHRQ, 2007). A hospital that wishes to reduce the rate of failure to rescue should prioritize what measure?
A) Encouraging nurses to spend a greater amount of time at the bedside.
B) Implementing mandatory continuing education programs.
C) Improving the communication between members of different health disciplines.
D) Reducing distractions to nurses while they are providing care.
Ans: A
Failure to rescue has been tied to the amount of time that the nurse spends at the
bedside with incidence of failure to rescue decreasing when nurses spend more time at the
bedside and less on other activities. Being present at the bedside influences failure to rescue
more than continuing education, improving communication, or reducing distractions, even
though each of these measures has the potential to improve safety.
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