NURS 3101 Quiz 7: Safety Study Guide
Exam and Actual Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
All of the following are true of the concept of safety EXCEPT:
A: Nursing has historically focused on maintaining patient safety and integrating new concepts
of keeping patients safe
B: Safety science now calls for new knowledge, skills, and attitudes to achieve practice changes
identified in the national reports from the institute of medicine
C: This new focus extends person responsibility and accountability to incorporate safety from a
systems perspective so that the analysis of events include system changes to prevent future
occurrences
D: Focusing on change in individual nursing care interventions via disciplinary actions
E: All above are correct - Answer D
Which term is defined below?
- "Freedom from accidental injuries; ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of
operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of errors and maximize the
likelihood of intercepting them when they occur." - Institute of Medicine (IOM)
A: Safety
B: Safe Care
C: Patient Safety
D: None of the above - Answer A
Which term is defined below?
- "Avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them. Involve making
evidence-based clinical decisions to maximize the health outcome of an individual to minimize
the potential for harm." - Institute of Medicine (IOM)
A: Safety
B: Safe Care
C: Patient Safety
D: None of the above - Answer B
,B: Safe Care
C: Patient Safety
D: None of the above - Answer C
Which term is defined below?
- Unintended healthcare outcomes caused by a defect in the delivery of care to a patient (NPSF)
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer A
Which health care error is defined below?
- Doing the wrong thing. Did not provide care correctly.
A: Commission
B: Omission
C: Execution
D: None of the above - Answer A
Which health care error is defined below?
- Not doing the right thing. Did not provide care.
A: Commission
B: Omission
C: Execution
D: None of the above - Answer B
Which health care error is defined below?
- Doing the right thing incorrectly.
A: Commission
B: Omission
C: Execution
, A: True
B: False - Answer B
Which term is defined below?
- Unintended harm by an act of commission (did not provide care correctly) or omission (did not
provide care) rather than as a result of disease process
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer B
Which term is defined below?
- Errors of commission (did not provide care correctly) or omission (did not provide care) that
could have harmed a patient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance.
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer C
Which term is defined below?
- Unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury. Includes any
process variation for which a recurrence would carry a significant chance of a serious adverse
outcome. These signal the need for immediate investigation or response.
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer D
Below is an example of which of the following?
Exam and Actual Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
All of the following are true of the concept of safety EXCEPT:
A: Nursing has historically focused on maintaining patient safety and integrating new concepts
of keeping patients safe
B: Safety science now calls for new knowledge, skills, and attitudes to achieve practice changes
identified in the national reports from the institute of medicine
C: This new focus extends person responsibility and accountability to incorporate safety from a
systems perspective so that the analysis of events include system changes to prevent future
occurrences
D: Focusing on change in individual nursing care interventions via disciplinary actions
E: All above are correct - Answer D
Which term is defined below?
- "Freedom from accidental injuries; ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of
operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of errors and maximize the
likelihood of intercepting them when they occur." - Institute of Medicine (IOM)
A: Safety
B: Safe Care
C: Patient Safety
D: None of the above - Answer A
Which term is defined below?
- "Avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them. Involve making
evidence-based clinical decisions to maximize the health outcome of an individual to minimize
the potential for harm." - Institute of Medicine (IOM)
A: Safety
B: Safe Care
C: Patient Safety
D: None of the above - Answer B
,B: Safe Care
C: Patient Safety
D: None of the above - Answer C
Which term is defined below?
- Unintended healthcare outcomes caused by a defect in the delivery of care to a patient (NPSF)
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer A
Which health care error is defined below?
- Doing the wrong thing. Did not provide care correctly.
A: Commission
B: Omission
C: Execution
D: None of the above - Answer A
Which health care error is defined below?
- Not doing the right thing. Did not provide care.
A: Commission
B: Omission
C: Execution
D: None of the above - Answer B
Which health care error is defined below?
- Doing the right thing incorrectly.
A: Commission
B: Omission
C: Execution
, A: True
B: False - Answer B
Which term is defined below?
- Unintended harm by an act of commission (did not provide care correctly) or omission (did not
provide care) rather than as a result of disease process
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer B
Which term is defined below?
- Errors of commission (did not provide care correctly) or omission (did not provide care) that
could have harmed a patient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance.
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer C
Which term is defined below?
- Unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury. Includes any
process variation for which a recurrence would carry a significant chance of a serious adverse
outcome. These signal the need for immediate investigation or response.
A: Health Care Errors
B: Adverse Event
C: Near Miss
D: Sentinel Event
E: None of the above - Answer D
Below is an example of which of the following?
