The Nurse Is Presenting an In-Service on the Importance of Collaborative

The nurse is presenting an in-service on the importance of collaborative communication. The nurse includes which critical event identified by the Joint Commission as an outcome of poor communication among health care team members?

A) The occurrence of a patient event resulting in death or serious injury
B) Decreased ability to document expenses of care provided
C) Longer time to begin surgical cases
D) Increased time to discharge patients to outpatient care