Managed Care Nursing

Category - Patient Issues

Select the option that is not a part of The Joint Commission policy and support after a sentinel event.
  1. Review the event to assess who and what was the root cause
  2. Assess ways to protect the patient
  3. Process and system improvement
  4. Prevent further harm
  5. None of the above
Explanation
Answer: A - The Joint Commission policy and support after a sentinel event does not include review of the event to assess the root cause.

The sentinel event process is not a punitive process, but an improvement process.
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