A risk management team is reviewing the medical record of a patient who had a surgical sponge left behind during the procedure. The team determines strategies to prevent this event from occurring in the future. What strategy is being used by the team?

What are the four evidence-based standards identified by the Leapfrog Group to reduce medical errors?

A unit manager notices that ordering disposable gowns increases with patient volume. The cost of gowns is considered which type of fundamental cost?

Which of the following is false regarding why a SWOT Analysis is used?

Which theorist of Quality Improvement discussed driving out fear as a key indicator?

One nurse manager focuses on the day-to-day operations and short-term goals of the unit, while another nurse manager is committed to a vision that empowers the staff. The first nurse manager is likely to consider which type of leader.

The nurse preceptor teaches a new graduate nurse about the primary differences between the nursing process and problem-solving and decision-making processes. Which statement by the graduate nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching? 

The Full-Range Leadership Theory is best described as:

Until about 600 CE, most West Africans were hunter-gatherers.

In their destruction of Fort Carolina, the goal of the Spanish was to reduce the threat of French privateers.