A nurse manager encourages staff to improve error and near miss event reporting. The nurse manager recognizes that as error reporting improves,
a. the severity of errors increases.
b. better, safer systems can be developed.
c. the likelihood of other errors increases.
d. error detection rates and severity remain unchanged.
ANS: B
Adequate error and near miss event reporting are necessary to designing better, safer systems. Failure to report and track errors and near misses actually increases the likelihood of other errors.
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