A nurse manager is teaching a group of nurses about client safety. The nurse manager teaches the nurses that safety is defined as "avoidance, prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the process of health care itself."
What is the source of this definition?
a. Hippocratic oath
b. National Patient Safety Foundation
c. American Association of Colleges of Nursing
d. American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics
ANS: B
The National Patient Safety Foundation defines safety as "avoidance, prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the process of healthcare itself."
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