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NUR 2206 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) MIDTERM 1 | A+ RATED GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 2206 Midterm 11. Medical error
Answer
the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve
an aim
2. Near Miss
Answer
when you catch an error before it reaches the patient
3. Safety
Answer
minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and
individual performance
4. Human Error
Answer
unintended, inevitable, most accepted form of error but should still be minimized
5. Skill-based errors
Answer
errors that occur during tasks that are so routine, one may not think while performing it > avoid
multitasking and address contributing environmental factors
6. Rule-based errors
Answer
errors that occur when rules are mis-applied, bad rules are implemented, one chooses not to
comply, or is reckless > use checklists
7. Knowledge-based errors
Answer
errors that occur in new or unfamiliar situations where there is no known rule or skill to
implement > ask for help, step away and prob- lem-solve
,8. System-based errors
Answer
caused by policies, procedures, labeling, etc. within insti- tution
9. Adverse Event
Answer
any injury caused by medical care
10. Adverse Drug Event
Answer
adverse event involving medication use
11. Sentinel Event
Answer
adverse event in which death or serious harm to pt occurs
12. Medication Error
Answer
any PREVENTABLE event that may cause or lead to unin- tended and incorrect medication use
or pt harm while the medication is in the control of the HCP or pt
13. Rounding
Answer
RNs or CNAs assess the pt every hour using the 4 P's (pain, position, potty, placement of
environmental items)
14. Peer checking
Answer
with high risk meds, a 2nd nurse will come in and double check independently
15. Work-arounds
Answer
a deviation from the expected pattern of work to achieve an end by bypassing safety features
, 16. Just Culture
Answer
taking the blame away from the nurse and analyzing the human error to figure out causes and
ways to avoid these errors in the future
17. Surgical Asepsis (sterile technique)
Answer
items are free of all microorganisms including spores and viruses
18. Reticular Activating System
Answer
area of brainstem responsible for wakefulness (receives few stimuli during sleep)
19. Neurotransmitters needed for sleep
Answer
gamma-aminobutyric acid
20. Neurotransmitters needed for wakefulness
Answer
norepinephrine, ACh, dopamine, histamine
21. Delta Sleep
Answer
20% of total sleep; slow-wave sleep that occurs during NREM stages 3 and 4
22. Sleep stage where seizure threshold is decreased
Answer
NREM
23. Sleep stage where you may see dysrhythmias, increased apneic episodes, increased gastric
acid reflux, and penile erections
Answer
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