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AWHONN PEOP Perinatal Final EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Authoritative statements of the duties that all registered nurses, regardless of role,
population, or specialty are expected to perform competently are defined -
ANSWER✔✔Standards of Care
Question: Position statements are recommendations for - ANSWER✔✔a pathway of action
regarding a particular issue
Question: In health care, an unplanned event that did NOT result in injury, illness, or damage
but had the potential to do so is referred to as a - ANSWER✔✔near miss
Question: All of the following are elements of good documentation EXCEPT -
ANSWER✔✔inclusion of nursing opinion as to causes of error
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Question: Mrs. Johnson is a primipara at 34 weeks gestation who has been admitted to your
unit with increasing blood pressures. You have a discussion with the physician about her reports
of headache and blurred vision. What actions should surround the documentation of this
conversation in the medical record? - ANSWER✔✔Document the date, time, person spoken to,
and objective details of what was said in the medical record.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a component of the risk reduction strategy known as
closed loop communication? - ANSWER✔✔Is only used in emergency patient care situations
Question: You are a nurse on the mother/baby unit caring for a woman who is 12 hours
postpartum from an operative vaginal delivery with midline episiotomy. The woman has severe
rectal pain and reports inability to urinate. You suspect a vaginal hematoma and call her
physician to request an evaluation. The physician does not respond. Under these circumstances
it is appropriate to - ANSWER✔✔institute the chain of communication
Question: Team training is an effective risk management strategy because it -
ANSWER✔✔outlines effective communication tools and techniques
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Question: One of the leading causes of obstetric liability is - ANSWER✔✔oxytocin
administration leading to tachysystole
Question: Which two medications frequently used in the perinatal setting are identified as
high-risk medications by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)? -
ANSWER✔✔Magnesium sulfate and oxytocin
Question: Swiss cheese is often used as the paradigm for explaining medical error. In this model,
the holes in the cheese represent - ANSWER✔✔latent weaknesses
Question: You are assigned to a patient who is at 38 weeks and 6 days gestation. She is being
admitted for an elective induction of labor because her husband is going on an extended
business trip in 2 days and he wants to be present for the delivery. The hospital has no policy
regarding elective induction, but you know that the AWHONN "Go the Full 40" campaign
doesn't support early elective induction. You approach the physician with your concerns. He
responds that he's been doing this for 30 years and has never had a bad outcome from an
elective induction at this gestation.
This scenario is an example of - ANSWER✔✔normalization of deviance
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Question: Which of the following has been noted among the top three root causes of sentinel
events for over 10 years? - ANSWER✔✔Communication
Question: A shared understanding of what is going on and what is likely to happen next is
known as - ANSWER✔✔situational awareness
Question: A patient safety event, unrelated to the natural course of the underlying illness, that
reaches a patient and results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm with
intervention required to sustain life is an example of - ANSWER✔✔a sentinel event
Question: Which tool is used when an adverse event has occurred to identify variations in
performance that led to the outcome? - ANSWER✔✔Root cause analysis
Question: Yearly objectives developed by The Joint Commission that focus on problems in
healthcare safety are known as - ANSWER✔✔National Patient Safety Goals
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AWHONN PEOP Perinatal Final EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Authoritative statements of the duties that all registered nurses, regardless of role,
population, or specialty are expected to perform competently are defined -
ANSWER✔✔Standards of Care
Question: Position statements are recommendations for - ANSWER✔✔a pathway of action
regarding a particular issue
Question: In health care, an unplanned event that did NOT result in injury, illness, or damage
but had the potential to do so is referred to as a - ANSWER✔✔near miss
Question: All of the following are elements of good documentation EXCEPT -
ANSWER✔✔inclusion of nursing opinion as to causes of error
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Question: Mrs. Johnson is a primipara at 34 weeks gestation who has been admitted to your
unit with increasing blood pressures. You have a discussion with the physician about her reports
of headache and blurred vision. What actions should surround the documentation of this
conversation in the medical record? - ANSWER✔✔Document the date, time, person spoken to,
and objective details of what was said in the medical record.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a component of the risk reduction strategy known as
closed loop communication? - ANSWER✔✔Is only used in emergency patient care situations
Question: You are a nurse on the mother/baby unit caring for a woman who is 12 hours
postpartum from an operative vaginal delivery with midline episiotomy. The woman has severe
rectal pain and reports inability to urinate. You suspect a vaginal hematoma and call her
physician to request an evaluation. The physician does not respond. Under these circumstances
it is appropriate to - ANSWER✔✔institute the chain of communication
Question: Team training is an effective risk management strategy because it -
ANSWER✔✔outlines effective communication tools and techniques
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Question: One of the leading causes of obstetric liability is - ANSWER✔✔oxytocin
administration leading to tachysystole
Question: Which two medications frequently used in the perinatal setting are identified as
high-risk medications by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)? -
ANSWER✔✔Magnesium sulfate and oxytocin
Question: Swiss cheese is often used as the paradigm for explaining medical error. In this model,
the holes in the cheese represent - ANSWER✔✔latent weaknesses
Question: You are assigned to a patient who is at 38 weeks and 6 days gestation. She is being
admitted for an elective induction of labor because her husband is going on an extended
business trip in 2 days and he wants to be present for the delivery. The hospital has no policy
regarding elective induction, but you know that the AWHONN "Go the Full 40" campaign
doesn't support early elective induction. You approach the physician with your concerns. He
responds that he's been doing this for 30 years and has never had a bad outcome from an
elective induction at this gestation.
This scenario is an example of - ANSWER✔✔normalization of deviance
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Question: Which of the following has been noted among the top three root causes of sentinel
events for over 10 years? - ANSWER✔✔Communication
Question: A shared understanding of what is going on and what is likely to happen next is
known as - ANSWER✔✔situational awareness
Question: A patient safety event, unrelated to the natural course of the underlying illness, that
reaches a patient and results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm with
intervention required to sustain life is an example of - ANSWER✔✔a sentinel event
Question: Which tool is used when an adverse event has occurred to identify variations in
performance that led to the outcome? - ANSWER✔✔Root cause analysis
Question: Yearly objectives developed by The Joint Commission that focus on problems in
healthcare safety are known as - ANSWER✔✔National Patient Safety Goals
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