Select one of the 29 “Never Events”  and describe one outcomes-based quality improvement initiative. If your department has not experienced one of the events identified in the table, share the proactive risk assessment strategy, prevention program and best practices in place that promote patient safety.

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https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/never-events?q=/primers/primer/3

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Describe a medication error that occurred in your emergency department in the past two years and what you did to prevent future occurrences. [500-word limit]

Describe how you support safe patient care, for example, as it relates to mislabeled lab specimens, infusion errors, transfusion errors, etc. [500-word limit]

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Describe the hand-off processes and communication techniques that your emergency department uses to enhance patient safety. [500-word limit]

Select one of the following areas and describe the process by which you achieved improved outcomes:

• pain management, 

• fall prevention, 

• restraint reduction, 

• or a core measure initiative. [500-word limit]