Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 10 EBP 1381 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Cause-and-Effect Diagram
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The idea
A cause-and-effect diagram, also called a fishbone, groups the possible causes of a problem into categories such as people, process, equipment and environment.
In practice
Unclear roles, no written guidelines and heavy workload sorted into branches under one problem.
Where people slip
The diagram organises hypotheses. It does not establish which cause is operating, and data still have to decide that.
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