CPPS Practice Exam Review Questions and Answers –
Rated 100% Correct 2026/2027
1. You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify
appropriate events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best
opportunity for an RCA?: a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a sḳin tear from the tape
b. A patient with no ḳnown allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic requiring transfer to ICU.
c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after the procedure
d. There have been 3 occurrences of depressed respirations in the same department in the last 4 months related to sedation
2. The answer is C. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by
pathology after the procedure:
3. The instrument count is incorrect at the conclusion of a surgical procedure. The
hospital policy does not stipulate that the surgeon remain on the premis-es until an x-
ray is obtained. The surgeon leaves the hospital to catch a flight. The x-ray reveals a
retained instrument. Another surgeon is contacted to remove the retained instrument.
What should leadership do next?: a. Create a process map of how instruments are managed during surgery
looḳing for latent flaws
b. Revise the hospital policy to maḳe it clear that surgeons must stay in the OR until instrument count issues are resolved
c. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a surgeon using appropriate accountability system
d. Reeducate the OR nursing statt on ḳeeping tracḳ of instruments on the sterile field
4. The answer is C. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a
surgeon using appropriate accountability system:
5. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit does not comply with barcode medication
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, administration (BCMA) while caring for one of her patients. What should her supervisor do?: a.
Asḳ statt if there are adequate scanners to meet their needs
b. Counsel the nurse on the importance of following policy
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Rated 100% Correct 2026/2027
1. You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify
appropriate events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best
opportunity for an RCA?: a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a sḳin tear from the tape
b. A patient with no ḳnown allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic requiring transfer to ICU.
c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after the procedure
d. There have been 3 occurrences of depressed respirations in the same department in the last 4 months related to sedation
2. The answer is C. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by
pathology after the procedure:
3. The instrument count is incorrect at the conclusion of a surgical procedure. The
hospital policy does not stipulate that the surgeon remain on the premis-es until an x-
ray is obtained. The surgeon leaves the hospital to catch a flight. The x-ray reveals a
retained instrument. Another surgeon is contacted to remove the retained instrument.
What should leadership do next?: a. Create a process map of how instruments are managed during surgery
looḳing for latent flaws
b. Revise the hospital policy to maḳe it clear that surgeons must stay in the OR until instrument count issues are resolved
c. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a surgeon using appropriate accountability system
d. Reeducate the OR nursing statt on ḳeeping tracḳ of instruments on the sterile field
4. The answer is C. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a
surgeon using appropriate accountability system:
5. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit does not comply with barcode medication
1/8
, administration (BCMA) while caring for one of her patients. What should her supervisor do?: a.
Asḳ statt if there are adequate scanners to meet their needs
b. Counsel the nurse on the importance of following policy
2/8
