NUR 160 Term 2 Test 1 Questions
and answers
what are the 4 types of errors? - ANS✅✅Diagnostic errors
treatment errors
preventive errors
communication errors
What are the 2 placements of errors - ANS✅✅active and latent errors
what are active errors caused by - ANS✅✅healthcare personnel who are providing patient care
and responding to patient needs
med cart being incorrectly stocked with a look alike and sound alike medication that the nurse
mistakenly administers to the patient - ANS✅✅latent error
An event that results in unintended harm to the patient by an act of commission or omission rather
than by the underlying disease or condition of the patient - ANS✅✅adverse error
an error of omission or commission that could have harmed the patient, but serious harm did not
occur as a result of chance - ANS✅✅near miss
an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychologic injury -
ANS✅✅sentinel event
what does the blunt end consist of - ANS✅✅latent errors, organizational/system
what does the sharp end consist of - ANS✅✅active errors, direct patient care
what are the 7 rights of medication administration - ANS✅✅right patient, right medication, right
route, right time, right dose, right education, right documentation
, Signed and witness documents that provide specific instructions for healthcare treatment in the
event that the person is unable to make these decisions personally at the time they are needed. -
ANS✅✅advance directives
what are the 2 types of advance directives - ANS✅✅living will and durable power of attorney for
healthcare
active listening, maintaining silence, nodding, touch, conveying acceptance are all what type of
communication - ANS✅✅nonverbal therapeutic communication
closed questioning, open-ended questioning, restating, paraphrasing, clarifying, focusing, reflecting,
stating observations, offering information, summarizing are all what type of communication -
ANS✅✅vernal therapeutic communication
what are the 4 main causes of visual impairment - ANS✅✅cataracts, glaucoma, macular
degeneration, diabetic retinopathy
farsightedness resulting from a loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye - ANS✅✅presbyopia
what is the normal range of intraocular pressure - ANS✅✅10 to 22 mm Hg
requires a host, synthesizes DNA, RNA and proteins. can produce independently. causes cellular
injury by releasing toxins that are either endotoxins or exotoxins - ANS✅✅bacteria
a pathogen with a nucleic acid within a protein shell requiring invasion of a host for replication.
causes cellular injury by blocking its genetically prescribed protein synthesis processes and using the
cells metabolic processes for the reproduction of the virus - ANS✅✅viral infection
caused by a disturbance in the bodys natural flora - ANS✅✅fungal infection
found in dead material in the water and soil and are spread by fecal oral route by ingesting food or
water that is contaminated with the spore or cysts - ANS✅✅protozoa/parasitic
individuals at greater risk for infection? - ANS✅✅very young or elderly, immunocompromised,
immunodeficiency, malnutrition, pre-existing infection with the pathogen, acute or chronic
and answers
what are the 4 types of errors? - ANS✅✅Diagnostic errors
treatment errors
preventive errors
communication errors
What are the 2 placements of errors - ANS✅✅active and latent errors
what are active errors caused by - ANS✅✅healthcare personnel who are providing patient care
and responding to patient needs
med cart being incorrectly stocked with a look alike and sound alike medication that the nurse
mistakenly administers to the patient - ANS✅✅latent error
An event that results in unintended harm to the patient by an act of commission or omission rather
than by the underlying disease or condition of the patient - ANS✅✅adverse error
an error of omission or commission that could have harmed the patient, but serious harm did not
occur as a result of chance - ANS✅✅near miss
an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychologic injury -
ANS✅✅sentinel event
what does the blunt end consist of - ANS✅✅latent errors, organizational/system
what does the sharp end consist of - ANS✅✅active errors, direct patient care
what are the 7 rights of medication administration - ANS✅✅right patient, right medication, right
route, right time, right dose, right education, right documentation
, Signed and witness documents that provide specific instructions for healthcare treatment in the
event that the person is unable to make these decisions personally at the time they are needed. -
ANS✅✅advance directives
what are the 2 types of advance directives - ANS✅✅living will and durable power of attorney for
healthcare
active listening, maintaining silence, nodding, touch, conveying acceptance are all what type of
communication - ANS✅✅nonverbal therapeutic communication
closed questioning, open-ended questioning, restating, paraphrasing, clarifying, focusing, reflecting,
stating observations, offering information, summarizing are all what type of communication -
ANS✅✅vernal therapeutic communication
what are the 4 main causes of visual impairment - ANS✅✅cataracts, glaucoma, macular
degeneration, diabetic retinopathy
farsightedness resulting from a loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye - ANS✅✅presbyopia
what is the normal range of intraocular pressure - ANS✅✅10 to 22 mm Hg
requires a host, synthesizes DNA, RNA and proteins. can produce independently. causes cellular
injury by releasing toxins that are either endotoxins or exotoxins - ANS✅✅bacteria
a pathogen with a nucleic acid within a protein shell requiring invasion of a host for replication.
causes cellular injury by blocking its genetically prescribed protein synthesis processes and using the
cells metabolic processes for the reproduction of the virus - ANS✅✅viral infection
caused by a disturbance in the bodys natural flora - ANS✅✅fungal infection
found in dead material in the water and soil and are spread by fecal oral route by ingesting food or
water that is contaminated with the spore or cysts - ANS✅✅protozoa/parasitic
individuals at greater risk for infection? - ANS✅✅very young or elderly, immunocompromised,
immunodeficiency, malnutrition, pre-existing infection with the pathogen, acute or chronic
