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The RN using the electronic health record is being evaluated for technology-supported nursing care and privacy and cybersecurity. The nurse reviews this trend: medication scan overrides increased after a barcode workflow change. Which interpretation and action are most appropriate?

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Wait for a critical value or sentinel event before taking any nursing action.Treat a single value without comparing it with baseline, symptoms, or benchmarks.Ignore the trend because one data point can be explained later.Interpret the trend in context, compare it with baseline or benchmarks, and take the safest indicated action.

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D. Interpret the trend in context, compare it with baseline or benchmarks, and take the safest indicated action.

Why

Trend questions require comparison with baseline, symptoms, risk, and benchmarks. Safe nursing action begins before a preventable event becomes critical.

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The RN using the electronic health record is being evaluated for technology-supported nursing care and privacy and cybersecurity. The nurse reviews this trend: medication scan overrides increased after a barcode workflow change. Which interpretation and action are most appropriate?

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