In your role as the head nurse responsible for choosing patient surveillance systems for your unit, one of your objectives is to prevent adverse events by deploying suitable technology. This specific objective acknowledges that:

Data systems offer supplementary documentation for adverse events that staff may not be able to provide.

Physiologic monitoring systems allow for the identification of early changes prior to the occurrence of an adverse event.

Frequently, patient data documentation is difficult to read, leading to misinterpretation.

Mistakes made by humans play a significant role in causing adverse events.