• Review the following website links from the Department of Health and Human Services r/t Root Cause Analysis, Adverse Events, and Never Events.
  • Root cause analysis is a method mandated by Joint Commission to promote safe patient care by identifying situations or behaviors in health care that increase the incidence of error
  • Post on the Discussion Board MODULE 6B explaining how this process can be used to eliminate or mitigate error in health care.
  • “Never Events” terminology – Joint Commission requires nurses to know and act upon this. You may have this content on NCLEX-RN.
  • Incorporate the connection between “Never Events” and RCA in the assignment

 

 

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/10/root-cause-analysis (Links to an external site.) 

 

ADVERSE EVENTS & NEAR MISSES

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/34/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors (Links to an external site.)

 

NEVER EVENTS

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/3/never-events