PT 1/ Brenda, an emergency room nurse, notes that there seems to be a significant delay between the ordering and the administration of pain medications in her department. She decides to conduct a small improvement project to reduce this delay and obtains the support of the charge nurse (head nurse).
3) Which of the following is the most effective aim statement for this project?
a) Within one month, 95 percent of physicians will tell nurses when a pain medication is ordered on emergency room patients.
b) Within three months, the emergency department will administer all pain medications within 45 minutes of order time.
c) Within two months, improve the timeliness of pain medication delivery by allowing nurses to stock the most commonly used medications in the emergency unit
d) Within three months, the emergency department will improve the timeliness of pain medication delivery to 100 percent of patients.