Nursing Quality Post test Questions and Answers Verified A+

Nursing Quality Post test Questions and Answers Verified A+ 1) The Four behaviors any provider can adapt to improve safety for patients in his/her direct care are - a. Follow safety protocols, speak up when you have concerns, listen to patients, colleagues, family members and mentors and take care of yourself 1) Which is not a cause of equipment- related accidents? - Loss of electric 1) An adverse event is: - a. Patient injury from medical intervention 1) Healthcare organizational caused injuries are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States based on a 2016 John Hopkins study. Which of the below are not examples of risks to patients in a health care agency? - a. Loneliness and depression, chemical use 1) The IOM (Institute of Medicine) 1999 report 'To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System' is a report that - a. Led to an increased awareness of US medical errors and focused on patient safety issues 1) During a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) matrix, specific questions are repeatedly asked to determine the cause of errors. All the following are typical questions except: - a. Who was the healthcare provider that skipped safety checks? 1) Many tools and methods have identified to assist with monitoring and improving health care safety, choose the answer that has the best responses: - a. 1) Standards of Care, Policies, and Procedures and licensure and credentialing 2) Utilization Review/Management, Risk Management and benchmarking 3) Evidence- Based Practice (EBP) and clinical pathways protocols 1) A Chief Nursing Office (CNO) identifies the need for a Quality Improvement (QI) project to improve the efficiency of transferring patients from the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) to the patient floor. The current delays are back logging the Operating Room. The CNO recognizes the frontline team members and leaders are crucial to the process. To ensure that newly designed process is optimally executed, who must be part of the team? - a. Operating Room and PACU nurse managers and charge nurses 1) A hospital's governing body becomes alarmed by the Institute of Medicines' (IOM) reports on medical errors and their organizational medical error rate. The leaders decide a crash program to reduce errors must be initiated. The Chief Executive Officer orders the senior staff to immediately implement nine patient safety projects in the error prone departments. This decision will impede the likelihood of the organization lowering the rate of errors for which of the following reasons?