NMNC 1110 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025
What are the elements of nursing competency? - ANSWERSKnowledge: nurses should be educated in unsafe practices, reduce reliance on memory, and understand the causes of errors
Skill: nurses should be able to use technology, standardize practice...
What are the elements of nursing competency? - ANSWERSKnowledge: nurses should be educated in
unsafe practices, reduce reliance on memory, and understand the causes of errors
Skill: nurses should be able to use technology, standardize practices, communication, and report errors
Attitude : nurses should have an attitude of collaboration for safe care
Define Safety. - ANSWERSPrevention of injuries or freedom from accidents
How are quality and safety connected? - ANSWERSQuality and safety are interrelated overlapping
concepts and it is difficult to achieve outcomes in one without working on the other
Define regulation. - ANSWERSThe mandates that have been credited with the many improvements in
healthcare system, such as those from The Joint Commission, the oversight for the safety of public
provided by the state board of nursing
Define teamwork. - ANSWERSThe ability of healthcare professionals to work together
70% of health care errors come from lack of teamwork
What are the 7 Medication Rights? - ANSWERS1. Right route
2. Right medication
3. Right patient
4. Right education
5. Right documentation
6 Right time
, 7. Right dose
What is an adverse event? - ANSWERSAn event that results in unintended harm to the patient by inactive
commission or omission rather than by the underlying disease of the patient
What is a near miss? - ANSWERSAny error of commission or omission that could have harmed the
patient but serious harm did not occur as a result of chance prevention or mitigation
What is a sentinel event? - ANSWERSAn unexpected occurrence involving death were serious physical or
psychological injury or the risk thereof
Such events signal the need for immediate investigation and response
What are the concepts with the strongest links to safety? - ANSWERSCommunication, quality, regulation,
and teamwork
What is a diagnostic error? - ANSWERSAn error because of a delay in diagnosis, failure to employ
indicated tests, use of outmoded tests, or failure to act on results of monitoring or testing.
What is a treatment error? - ANSWERSAn error that occurs in the performance of an operation,
procedure, or test; in administering a treatment; in the dose or method of administering a drug; in
avoidable delay in treatment; or a delay responding to an abnormal test
What is a preventative error? - ANSWERSAn error that occurs when there are failures to provide
prophylactic treatment and inadequate monitoring or follow up of treatment
What is a communication error? - ANSWERSAn error that comes from a lack of communication or a lack
of clarity in communication.
What is an error of commission? - ANSWERSNot providing care CORRECTLY
What is an error of omission? - ANSWERSNot providing care AT ALL
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