Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 65%
Practice
As a member of a hospital committee, you advocate for a policy that allows staff nurses to initiate rapid response team calls based on clinical judgment. Your rationale is that this policy:
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Nurses initiating rapid response calls enable early intervention spotting decline (e.g., vitals drop) saves lives, a safety win. It's not just authority, satisfaction loss, or conflict care improves. On the committee, you push this to empower action, aligning with quality where timely calls cut mortality, as in safety huddles, boosting outcomes via nurse vigilance.