A team consisting of preoperative, operative, and postoperative health care professionals and ancillary staff is examining the turnaround time from the preoperative area to discharge for patients having tonsillectomies. The goal is to decrease waiting times for clients. The team comes up with a solution and wants to test it on a small group of patients before rolling it out to the rest of the department. What type of decision-making tool is exhibited?
A) Shared governance
B) Evidence informed
C) Pilot project
D) Trial and error

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Pilot projects are critical for implementation for evidence-informed decision making. Pilot projects or carefully defined trials are used to experiment by trying out a solution alternative on a small or restricted basis to reduce risk and to see whether major problems will occur. Pilot project strategies may resemble research projects, and these projects may also be linked to quality improvement initiatives.

A Team Consisting of Preoperative, Operative, and Postoperative Health Care