Some methods for organizations to reduce their risk of liability ...

[strangeaffliction]

Some methods for organizations to reduce their risk of liability are listed below. Which is not necessarily correct for organizations?
 
  a. Make frequent walking rounds to assure quality patient outcomes after delegation.
  b. Consider a shared governance model of nursing practice to empower nursing decision making and delegation in clinical practice.
  c. Provide standards for ongoing supervision and periodic licensure/competency verification and evaluation of all staff.
  d. Provide documentation of routine mainten-ance for all patient care equipment.

Question 2

A team is a:
 
  a. small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a commonpurpose, performance goals, and approach for which they are mutually accountable.
 b. group of people who wear the same T-shirt and have the same goals.
  c. small number of people who share common goals and like to get things done in anorganized and timely manner.
 d. group of people who work together to accomplish stated goals over the long run.

[dominiqueenicolee]

Answer to Question 1

A
There are some defined methods and strategies for organizations, nurses, and other health care providers to follow to reduce their risk of liability. Some of these strategies for organizations include: 1) consider a shared governance model of nursing practice to empower nursing decision making and delegation in clinical practice; 2) provide standards for ongoing supervision and periodic licensure/competency verification and evaluation of all staff; and 3) provide documentation of routine maintenance for all patient care equipment. Making frequent walking rounds to assure quality patient outcomes after delegation is a nursing strategy to assist in the reduction of risk liability, not necessarily an organizational strategy.

Answer to Question 2

A
While it may be nice to share T-shirts and common goals (short- or long-term), teams are generally
established for a certain period of time to accomplish set goals. Their members have skills that
complement each other. They share a common purpose and approach and are all mutually accountable
for the outcomes of their actions (or inactions).