A nurse completes an incident report on a patient who fell while walking in the hallway. The purpose of this documentation is to:
A. exchange information among health care members.
B. provide information about patients on one unit to another.
C. ensure proper care for the patient.
D. aid in the hospital's quality improvement program.
D
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.
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