N205 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What resource related to safety and safety initiatives defines the best practices for
hospitals - Answers :the joint commission
What resource related to safety and safety initiatives dictates rules on how the hospital
gets paid - Answers :centers for medicare and medicaid services
What are four inter-related concepts to safety? - Answers :health care quality
communication
collaboration
care coordination
What is freedom from accidental injuries? ensuring it for patients involves the
establishment of operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of
errors and maximizes the intercepting of them when they occur. - Answers :Safety
What is the word for "avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help
them"? - Answers :safe care
Health care organizations foster a patient-centered safety culture by... (4) - Answers :1.
continually focusing on performance improvement endeavors, risk management
findings, and safety reports
2. providing current, reliable technology
3. integrating EBP into procedures
4. designing a safe work environment and atmosphere
5. providing continuing education and access to appropriate resources for staff
The QSEN safety competency for a nurse is defined as... - Answers :minimizes risk of
harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual
performance
what is the term for an organizational/systemic error?
You did not directly do this but something got messed up bc of the system
(incomplete documentation because computers crashed) - Answers :LATENT, blunt end
error
What is the term for an error due to a nurses direct patient care
(gave the wrong medicine to a patient) - Answers :ACTIVE, sharp end error
What are the scope of errors? - Answers :latent and active
What did TJC and CMS organize to encourage patients to become active, involved and
informed participants on their health care team? - Answers :the speak up campaign
What are the categories of errors? - Answers :Diagnostic
What resource related to safety and safety initiatives defines the best practices for
hospitals - Answers :the joint commission
What resource related to safety and safety initiatives dictates rules on how the hospital
gets paid - Answers :centers for medicare and medicaid services
What are four inter-related concepts to safety? - Answers :health care quality
communication
collaboration
care coordination
What is freedom from accidental injuries? ensuring it for patients involves the
establishment of operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of
errors and maximizes the intercepting of them when they occur. - Answers :Safety
What is the word for "avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help
them"? - Answers :safe care
Health care organizations foster a patient-centered safety culture by... (4) - Answers :1.
continually focusing on performance improvement endeavors, risk management
findings, and safety reports
2. providing current, reliable technology
3. integrating EBP into procedures
4. designing a safe work environment and atmosphere
5. providing continuing education and access to appropriate resources for staff
The QSEN safety competency for a nurse is defined as... - Answers :minimizes risk of
harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual
performance
what is the term for an organizational/systemic error?
You did not directly do this but something got messed up bc of the system
(incomplete documentation because computers crashed) - Answers :LATENT, blunt end
error
What is the term for an error due to a nurses direct patient care
(gave the wrong medicine to a patient) - Answers :ACTIVE, sharp end error
What are the scope of errors? - Answers :latent and active
What did TJC and CMS organize to encourage patients to become active, involved and
informed participants on their health care team? - Answers :the speak up campaign
What are the categories of errors? - Answers :Diagnostic
