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Why might educating patients about hospital accidents be useful?
It allows staff to avoid responsibility for keeping patients safe.
It allows patients to choose to stay home instead of going to the hospital.
It allows staff to fill out incident reports before accidents occur.
It allows patients to be more proactive about avoiding common accidents.
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It allows patients to be more proactive about avoiding common accidents.
Educating patients helps them recognize risks (falls, medication errors, infections) and take preventive actions, improving safety. The other choices are incorrect or misleading: education is not to avoid staff responsibility, it doesn't mean patients should stay away from needed care, and incident reports are completed after—not before—accidents.
Educating patients helps them recognize risks (falls, medication errors, infections) and take preventive actions, improving safety. The other choices are incorrect or misleading: education is not to avoid staff responsibility, it doesn't mean patients should stay away from needed care, and incident reports are completed after—not before—accidents.
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