Incident Reporting & Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Advanced Clinical Practice & Systems Improvement
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This advanced-level, 4 CE asynchronous course equips registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), physical therapists (PTs), and occupational therapists (OT) with the knowledge and practical skills to effectively identify, report, analyze, and prevent clinical incidents. Participants will explore regulatory expectations, human factors engineering, just culture principles, and structured root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies. Emphasis is placed on system-based thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration, and sustainable corrective action planning to improve patient safety outcomes.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Nursing
APRN Temporary Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
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Target Audience
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPN/LVN)
- Physical Therapists (PT)
- Occupational Therapists (OT)
Course Level
Advanced
Credit Hours
4 Continuing Education (CE) Hours
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate between incident types (near miss, adverse event, sentinel event).
- Apply regulatory and accreditation requirements (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS) to incident reporting.
- Analyze incidents using structured RCA tools (e.g., fishbone diagram, 5 Whys).
- Distinguish between human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless behavior using Just Culture principles.
- Identify latent system failures contributing to adverse outcomes.
- Develop actionable, sustainable corrective action plans.
- Communicate findings effectively across interdisciplinary teams.
- Integrate RCA findings into quality improvement (QI) initiatives.