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CBme

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You are a member of the hospital's Quality Improvement (QI) team. You are interested in determining how quality in the organization has improved over time. Which of the following would most effectively provide you with this information?
 
  a. Histograms c. Time series charts
  b. Pie charts d. Bar charts

Question 2

Your patient was admitted for a minor elective surgery. Two hours after the patient was sent to surgery, you received a call that the patient died. The patient's death would be considered which of the following?
 
  a. Accident c. Careless event
  b. Sentinel event d. Faultless incident



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Answer to Question 1

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Time series charts will allow you to see changes in quality over time. These charts will also allow you
to determine whether a process is in control, meaning the process has normal variation rather than
dramatic changes that are not predictable.

Answer to Question 2

B
When a patient dies while having a minor elective surgery, this would be considered a sentinel event.
A sentinel event is an unexpected incident involving a death or serious physical or psychological
injury to a patient.




CBme

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


diana chang

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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