Part 10 Flashcards
This section of a cause and effect diagram examines influences of major pieces of equipment on the situation.
A. Methods
B. Material
C. Machinery
D. Manpower
Machinery
Occurrences involving liability for injury or property loss are called _____.
A. potentially compensable events
B. risk management
C. risk occurrences
D. potentially harmful occurrences
potentially compensable events
Analysis of a sentinel event from all aspects to identify how each contributed to the occurrence of the event and to develop new systems that will prevent recurrence is called _____.
A. flowcharting
B. statistical analysis
C. root-cause analysis
D. nominal group technique
root-cause analysis
This section of a cause and effect diagram examines influences of the procedures and processes used in the patient care event:
A. manpower
B. material
C. methods
D. machinery
methods
Identify which of the following is an example of a patient who contributes to their own health risk?
A. A patient that pushes the nurse call button for help to the bathroom
B. A patient that complains about their recent care to administration
C. A patient who has been diagnosed with COPD and continues to smoke
D. A patient who regularly sees their physician regarding diabetes management
A patient who has been diagnosed with COPD and continues to smoke
Healthcare facilities are at a higher risk for the occurrence of errors simply due to the complex nature of healthcare. Because of this fact, healthcare organizations must:
A. Have intolerance for any type of error and punish all employees that make mistakes
B. Have intolerance for the complexity of the systems and ignore mistakes
C. Create an environment that acknowledges untended human error and learns from it
D. Create an environment where mistakes are quietly acknowledged and not talked about
Create an environment that acknowledges untended human error and learns from it
Debbie is a risk manager at a local hospital. In order to reduce the risk of sentinel events occurring in her organization, she is using the lessons learned by other organizations regarding these events. To access details about sentinel events that have occurred at other facilities and recommended changes that may have prevented these events, Debbie utilizes which of the following?
A. Failure mode and effects analysis
B. Patient safety improvement act
C. Potentially compensable event alerts
D. Sentinel Event Alerts
Sentinel Event Alerts
The list of medications maintained in the healthcare organization which includes medications used for commonly occurring conditions or diagnoses treated in the organization and selected by members of the healthcare team is called ________.
A. Medication error
B. Drug diversion
C. Drug formulary
D. Failure mode
Drug formulary
Inappropriate timing of dose, transcription errors, missed doses, and extra doses given are all examples of this type of medication error _____.
A. administration
B. pharmacy
C. discharge
D. prescribing
administration
The removal of medication from its usual stream of preparation, dispensing, and administration by personnel involved in those steps in order to use or sell the medication in non-healthcare settings is called?
A. Diversion
B. Prescribing
C. Adverse drug event
D. Sentinel event
Diversion
