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CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PATIENT SAFETY,
CPPS PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATION, NATIONAL
PATIENT SAFETY GOALS, PATIENT SAFETY AND
RISK MANAGEMENT ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
The high standards of practice that are taught to nurses,
pharmacists, and physicians have often been reinforced in
hospital practice by an unforgiving system of
correct answer Censure and discipline
Participant observer approach - correct answer -co-workers are
unaware that a study is taking place while another employee
collects data
The delivery setting - <correct answer -Modifying training,
regulatory, and legal environments is not a quick strategy for
changing practice. These environments are closely interrelated
with .
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Observers - correct answer -used to double-check the accuracy of
medication cart filling, filling new orders, and filling prescriptions.
Incident report - correct answer -legally recognized report of a
medication error
These goals address identified problematic areas across health
care. Patient safety is everyone's responsibility. Also, following
NPSG's helps educate the community on how healthcare is
promoting safety and seeking the prevention of injury. This should
be done in every identified setting. - correct answer -National
Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
An unexpected patient/resident occurrence that results in, or
could result in, death or serious harm to the patient/resident. The
purpose of reporting and investigating sentinel events is to
improve the quality of patient/resident care by focusing attention
on underlying causes and risk reduction and to increase the
general knowledge about sentinel events, their causes and
prevention. The reporting is not punitive. - correct answer -A
sentinel event
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1. Independent, nonprofit organization with a mission to improve
the safety of care for all patients.
2. Defines safety as the prevention of healthcare errors and the
elimination or mitigation of patient injury caused by health care
errors.
3. Health care errors are defined as an unintended health care
outcome caused by a defect in the delivery of care to a patient. -
correct answer -National Patient Safety Foundation
1. Panel of widely recognized patient safety experts
A. Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk managers, clinical
engineers, other professionals
2. They have hands-on experience in addressing patient safety
issues in wide variety of health care settings.
3. The Patient Safety Advisory Group advises The Joint
Commission on the development and updating of npsgs.
4. Advises The Joint commission how to address emerging
patient safety issues.
A. Ex. NPSG's, Sentinel Events Alerts, standards and survey
processes, performance measures, educational materials, Center
for Transforming Healthcare projects
5. Evaluate safety concerns and determine which ones will have
the max impact for the minimum cost. - correct answer -Patient
Safety Advisory Group
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The Joint Commission - correct answer -Sets quality standards for
accreditation of health care facilities
Sentinel event - correct answer -unexpected occurrence involving
death or serious injury
National Patient Safety Goals (npsgs) - correct answer -areas of
patient safety concern identified annually by the Joint Commission
that, if rectified, may have the most positive impact on improving
patient care and outcomes
Universal Protocol - correct answer -A written checklist developed
by the Joint Commission to prevent errors that can occur when
physicians perform the wrong procedure, for example
Root Cause Analysis - correct answer -An analytical technique
used to determine the basic underlying reason that causes a
variance or a defect or a risk. A root cause may underlie more
than one variance or defect or risk.
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PATIENT SAFETY,
CPPS PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATION, NATIONAL
PATIENT SAFETY GOALS, PATIENT SAFETY AND
RISK MANAGEMENT ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
The high standards of practice that are taught to nurses,
pharmacists, and physicians have often been reinforced in
hospital practice by an unforgiving system of
correct answer Censure and discipline
Participant observer approach - correct answer -co-workers are
unaware that a study is taking place while another employee
collects data
The delivery setting - <correct answer -Modifying training,
regulatory, and legal environments is not a quick strategy for
changing practice. These environments are closely interrelated
with .
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Observers - correct answer -used to double-check the accuracy of
medication cart filling, filling new orders, and filling prescriptions.
Incident report - correct answer -legally recognized report of a
medication error
These goals address identified problematic areas across health
care. Patient safety is everyone's responsibility. Also, following
NPSG's helps educate the community on how healthcare is
promoting safety and seeking the prevention of injury. This should
be done in every identified setting. - correct answer -National
Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
An unexpected patient/resident occurrence that results in, or
could result in, death or serious harm to the patient/resident. The
purpose of reporting and investigating sentinel events is to
improve the quality of patient/resident care by focusing attention
on underlying causes and risk reduction and to increase the
general knowledge about sentinel events, their causes and
prevention. The reporting is not punitive. - correct answer -A
sentinel event
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1. Independent, nonprofit organization with a mission to improve
the safety of care for all patients.
2. Defines safety as the prevention of healthcare errors and the
elimination or mitigation of patient injury caused by health care
errors.
3. Health care errors are defined as an unintended health care
outcome caused by a defect in the delivery of care to a patient. -
correct answer -National Patient Safety Foundation
1. Panel of widely recognized patient safety experts
A. Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk managers, clinical
engineers, other professionals
2. They have hands-on experience in addressing patient safety
issues in wide variety of health care settings.
3. The Patient Safety Advisory Group advises The Joint
Commission on the development and updating of npsgs.
4. Advises The Joint commission how to address emerging
patient safety issues.
A. Ex. NPSG's, Sentinel Events Alerts, standards and survey
processes, performance measures, educational materials, Center
for Transforming Healthcare projects
5. Evaluate safety concerns and determine which ones will have
the max impact for the minimum cost. - correct answer -Patient
Safety Advisory Group
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The Joint Commission - correct answer -Sets quality standards for
accreditation of health care facilities
Sentinel event - correct answer -unexpected occurrence involving
death or serious injury
National Patient Safety Goals (npsgs) - correct answer -areas of
patient safety concern identified annually by the Joint Commission
that, if rectified, may have the most positive impact on improving
patient care and outcomes
Universal Protocol - correct answer -A written checklist developed
by the Joint Commission to prevent errors that can occur when
physicians perform the wrong procedure, for example
Root Cause Analysis - correct answer -An analytical technique
used to determine the basic underlying reason that causes a
variance or a defect or a risk. A root cause may underlie more
than one variance or defect or risk.
