What strategy helped anticipate patient needs on a busy day?

• A. Pre-printed documents
• B. Skipped triage to save time
• C. Delayed patient rooming
• D. Deferring lab orders

Answer: (A)

Having ready-to-use, pre-printed documents supports fast, proactive care on a busy day. When forms, checklists, consent sheets, order templates, and patient education handouts are standardized and immediately accessible, staff can collect the same essential information quickly and consistently. This setup helps the team anticipate what will be needed next— arriving lab orders, imaging requests, room assignments, discharge instructions—so care moves forward without to-and-fro delays. It reduces gaps and errors that slow throughput and frees time to respond to new needs as patients present.

Other approaches create bottlenecks or safety risks: skipping triage skips the crucial initial assessment; delaying rooming slows the entire workflow; deferring lab orders postpones diagnosis and treatment.