NUR 352: Safety Exam Questions And Answers 100% Pass
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NUR 352: Safety Exam Questions And
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What is the Joint Commission? - answerindependent, nonprofit organization that sets standards for
and accredits healthcare organizations
What are national patient safety goals? - answergoals that focus on client safety, safe and effective
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NUR 352: Safety Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Pass
What is the Joint Commission? - answer✔independent, nonprofit organization that sets standards for
and accredits healthcare organizations
What are national patient safety goals? - answer✔goals that focus on client safety, safe and effective
delivery of health care, and recommendations to avoid adverse outcomes
What are some examples of NPSGs? - answer✔using client identifiers, improving staff communication,
using medications safely, and using alarms safely
What is a near miss? - answer✔potential error or even that could have been caused harm but was
caught and avoided
What is a patient safety event? - answer✔unexpected event that occurred with/without injury to the
patient
What is a sentinel event? - answer✔a critical, unexpected adverse event that caused severe physical or
psychological harm to a patient
What are some examples of a sentinel event? - answer✔death, dismemberment, permanent injury, or
severe, temporary injury
What are Serious Reportable Events (SRE's)? - answer✔sentinel events that should have never
happened
What is an example of an SRE? - answer✔amputating the wrong body part
What is the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses? - answer✔organization that prepares future nurses
to have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to improve the quality and safety of the
healthcare systems
What does the QSEN teach future nursing students throughout all nursing schools? - answer✔patient-
centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and
informatics
What is root cause analysis? - answer✔review process used to examine potential or actual errors
What does the RCA do in order to address the problem or system error? - answer✔come up with a
corrective action plan
What is even/occurence reporting? - answer✔tool used to report an adverse event, sentinel event,
client safety event, or near miss
When discussing the culture of safety, what would corrective action look like historically? -
answer✔identifying the person at fault followed by disciplinary measures (being fired usually)
Now when we look at the culture of safety, what do we typically focus on when an occurrence takes
place? - answer✔focus on what went wrong rather than who to blame
What is the importance of the culture of safety? - answer✔addresses errors and prevents re-
occurrences
What is an important takeaway from the culture of safety in regards to incidents? - answer✔disciplinary
measures have decreased and learning from mistakes have increased
Select all that apply:
What are the goals of an occurrence report?
a; track near misses or events
b; used as an investigational tool for staff, management, administration to prevent future occurrences
c; for internal use only ( NEVER USE IN CLIENTS EHR)
d; to punish the faculty member(s) involved - answer✔a,b,c
What is important to know about occurrence reports? - answer✔All events need to be reported to a
nurse leader per facility protocol
What general information is usually included in an occurrence report? - answer✔people involved,
witnesses, problems/systems that led to event, and the outcome
Select all that apply:
What are some barriers to event and near miss reporting?
a; fear or repercussions or backlash
b; lack of time
c; unclear facility policies/standards
d; bullying
e; waiting until later to do it
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