At a health care organization, patients are turned every 2 hours to help prevent pressure ulcers. Because of this nursing intervention, patients exhibit far fewer pressure ulcers than the national average
Which term should the nurse use to describe this finding? a. Sentinel event
b. Qualitative research
c. Manuscript narrative
d. Nursing-sensitive outcome
D
A nursing-sensitive outcome focuses on how patients and their health care problems are affected by nursing interventions (ONS, 2012). Nursing-sensitive outcomes look at the effects of interventions within the scope of nursing practice. Sometimes a problem is presented to a committee in the form of a sentinel event, an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury of a patient. Qualitative research is analysis of interviews, observations, and/or surveys to measure people's perceptions, feelings, or views of phenomena about which little is known. Manuscript narrative is the "middle section" or narrative of a manuscript that differs according to the type of evidence-based article it is.
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