Guide Questions and Correct Answers for Nursing
Students 2025/2026
It is ultimately the responsibility of ____ to provide the basic explanation of risks,
benefits, and alternatives - correct answer Person doing the procedure (physician)
What is important to consider when a patient is going to sign a consent form? - correct
answer Consent forms must be signed when a patient is considered able or competent
to make informed decisions & BEFORE the procedure is performed.
- NEVER obtain a consent to a procedure that has not been fully explained
Describe the Joint Commission. - correct answer - Primary agency for hospital
accreditation
- Hospitals must meet certain quality standards to pass inspection
- Mandates continuous quality improvement (CQI)
- Endorses plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle for process improvement
- *Major accrediting body for health care institutions that are Medicare/ Medicaid-
funded*
- Addresses patient safety issues
- Requires error reduction and design of safe patient care processes
- *The Joint Commission mandates specific quality outcome measures for all hospitals*
Why does the Joint Commission exist? How does it affect healthcare? - correct answer
Set standards for healthcare organizations (licensure/ certifications)
- sends out a team of experts for a review of every health care organization that wishes
to be certified
- issues National patient safety goals every year that include standards to improve safe
identification of pts & their medications, prevent infections using proven guidelines &
improved communication among care providers
, Describe CQI. What is the purpose? - correct answer Continuous quality improvement
= CQI
Process or activities used to monitor, evaluate, and control services, providing some
measure of quality to consumers
Includes incident and/or variance reports that track progress and serve as a guide for
risk management and QI departments to make system improvements (ex: Med errors,
lack of drug knowledge, rule violations, misuse of infusion pumps)
How do we monitor quality? - correct answer QI department receives data, analyzes
trends, & recommends actions for improvement.
Should also be a continuous quality improvement (CQI) council, quality circles, and
service lines that collaborate to improve patient care.
Describe QSEN. What is the purpose? - correct answer Quality and Safety Education
for Nurses - QSEN
Developed to help prepare future nurses who will be needed in their health care
environments to improve patient safety.*Idea is to teach student nurses how always to
be thinking about how to improve care for patients.*
- AACN (American association of college nursing) says nurses today need to begin their
nursing careers w/ knowledge about how to create and continuously improve systems of
care
Name some reputable websites. Describe CARS in relation to evaluating a website. -
correct answer Confine your Internet searches to well-known & reputable sites:
- Office of the Surgeon General
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)