CPPS IHI Practice Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory
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requirements, a hospital is creating an antimicrobial stewardship
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committee. What should be the first step in supporting this new patient
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safety initiative?
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A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different
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compliance issues. |
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication
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and time-out screens.
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C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current
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state to ideal state.
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D. Review the past year's data to identify the most commonly grown
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pathogens. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Partner with key stakeholders to
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perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
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After implementing a new product recall system, a hospital was alerted
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to a high-risk medication recall. This medication is in stock in the
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emergency department and oncology unit. To ensure the effectiveness
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of the new system, a patient safety professional should:
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A. require individual departments to verify that a search for the recalled
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medication was performed. | |
,B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was
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sequestered.
C. reconcile the number of doses administered to the number of doses
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purchased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to remove recalled meds and to post
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recall notices in the units - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. ensure an on-site
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visit verifies that the recalled medication was sequestered.
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An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist
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and encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff
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engagement, a patient safety professional should: | | | | |
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
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B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
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C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
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D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
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An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure.
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The patient safety professional believes that the processes in place are
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not reliable or that the results are attributable to luck. Which of the
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following best describes this characteristic?
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A. appreciative inquiry
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B. commitment to resilience
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C. deference to expertise
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,D. preoccupation with failure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. preoccupation
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with failure
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A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that
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undermine a culture of safety because | | | | |
A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
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B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
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C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-
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shaping factors. |
D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of
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patient outcome. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. the organizational
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response to investigated events is independent of patient outcome.
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In process improvement, reducing variation improves
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A. predictability of outcomes.
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B. patient care processes.
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C. frequency of poor results.
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D. reluctance to simplify. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. predictability of
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outcomes.
When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be
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considered the weakest? | |
A. visible involvement and action by leadership
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, B. standardizing processes as much as possible
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C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
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D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff
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Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
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A. care standards
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B. team leadership
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C. caregiver burnout
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D. health literacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. team leadership
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10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A
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patient safety professional and other leaders are discussing what to
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disclose to the patient. In addition to an apology, critical components of
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disclosure include |
A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors
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will be prevented.
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B. who was involved, when it happened, and how often medication
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errors occur. |
C. plans for staff disciplinary action, physician disciplinary action, and a
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plan for education.
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Correct Answers
In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory
| | | | | | |
requirements, a hospital is creating an antimicrobial stewardship
| | | | | | | |
committee. What should be the first step in supporting this new patient
| | | | | | | | | | | |
safety initiative?
|
A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different
| | | | | | | | | | | |
compliance issues. |
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication
| | | | | | | | | |
and time-out screens.
| |
C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current
| | | | | | | | | | | |
state to ideal state.
| | |
D. Review the past year's data to identify the most commonly grown
| | | | | | | | | | | |
pathogens. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Partner with key stakeholders to
| | | | | | | | |
perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
| | | | | | | | |
After implementing a new product recall system, a hospital was alerted
| | | | | | | | | | |
to a high-risk medication recall. This medication is in stock in the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
emergency department and oncology unit. To ensure the effectiveness
| | | | | | | | |
of the new system, a patient safety professional should:
| | | | | | | |
A. require individual departments to verify that a search for the recalled
| | | | | | | | | | | |
medication was performed. | |
,B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was
| | | | | | | | | | |
sequestered.
C. reconcile the number of doses administered to the number of doses
| | | | | | | | | | | |
purchased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to remove recalled meds and to post
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
recall notices in the units - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. ensure an on-site
| | | | | | | | | | |
visit verifies that the recalled medication was sequestered.
| | | | | | |
An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist
| | | | | | | | |
and encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff
| | | | | | | | | |
engagement, a patient safety professional should: | | | | |
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
| | | | | | | | | |
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
| | | | | | | |
C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
| | | | | | | | |
D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
| | | | | | | |
An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure.
| | | | | | | | | |
The patient safety professional believes that the processes in place are
| | | | | | | | | | |
not reliable or that the results are attributable to luck. Which of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
following best describes this characteristic?
| | | |
A. appreciative inquiry
| |
B. commitment to resilience
| | |
C. deference to expertise
| | |
,D. preoccupation with failure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. preoccupation
| | | | | | | |
with failure
|
A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that
| | | | | | | | | | |
undermine a culture of safety because | | | | |
A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
| | | | | | | |
B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
| | | | | | | | | |
C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-
| | | | | | | |
shaping factors. |
D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of
| | | | | | | | | |
patient outcome. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. the organizational
| | | | | | |
response to investigated events is independent of patient outcome.
| | | | | | | |
In process improvement, reducing variation improves
| | | | |
A. predictability of outcomes.
| | |
B. patient care processes.
| | |
C. frequency of poor results.
| | | |
D. reluctance to simplify. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. predictability of
| | | | | | | | |
outcomes.
When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be
| | | | | | | | | | |
considered the weakest? | |
A. visible involvement and action by leadership
| | | | | |
, B. standardizing processes as much as possible
| | | | | |
C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
| | | | | |
D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff
| | | | | | | | | |
Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
| | | | | | | | |
A. care standards
| |
B. team leadership
| |
C. caregiver burnout
| |
D. health literacy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. team leadership
| | | | | | |
10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
patient safety professional and other leaders are discussing what to
| | | | | | | | | |
disclose to the patient. In addition to an apology, critical components of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
disclosure include |
A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors
| | | | | | | | | | |
will be prevented.
| |
B. who was involved, when it happened, and how often medication
| | | | | | | | | | |
errors occur. |
C. plans for staff disciplinary action, physician disciplinary action, and a
| | | | | | | | | | |
plan for education.
| |
