The risk management department is using a root-cause analysis to improve a nursing unit's medication administration accuracy. What questions will be used to develop this tool?
A. "What kind of errors are occurring?"
B. "What is the current medication administration accuracy rate?"
C. "How do the unit nurses rank in the number of errors committed?"
D. "What do the nurses think can be done to prevent errors from continuing?"
E. "What is the impact of changes made to improve accuracy?"
Answer:
A. "What kind of errors are occurring?"
B. "What is the current medication administration accuracy rate?"
D. "What do the nurses think can be done to prevent errors from continuing?"
E. "What is the impact of changes made to improve accuracy?"
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