The nursing leadership in the local hospital has recognized the ...

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The nursing leadership in the local hospital has recognized the need to minimize the number of sentinel events that occur in the hospital by implementing a number of practice improvements.
 
  These nurse leaders should recognize that the largest proportion of sentinel
  events involve which of the following?
 
  A) Lapses in communication
  B) Violence
  C) Violations of care providers' scopes of practice
  D) Gaps in education and training

Question 2

One of the safe practices identified by the National Quality Forum (NQF) is to match healthcare needs with service delivery capability. This practice is demonstrated by
 
  A) matching the health status of a community with the specific mandate of the local hospital.
  B) conducting high-risk procedures in hospitals that perform a large numbers of the same
  procedure.
  C) encouraging Americans to seek care in healthcare institutions that have the fewest number
  of adverse events.
  D) ensuring that hospitals are equipped and staffed to provide neither too much nor too little
  care.

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
It has been estimated that communication errors are factors in more than 70 of
sentinel events.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
A practice identified by the NQF was to match healthcare needs with service
delivery capability. Research has consistently demonstrated that patients undergoing certain
high-risk procedures have lower-than-expected mortality rates in hospitals that perform large
numbers of those procedures, and conversely, higher-than-expected mortality in institutions
that perform low volumes of those procedures.