QUESTION ON PATIENT SAFETY

Question 1

What is the best definition for an event that is unavoidable and unpredictable?

Intentional harm
Accident
Mistake
Noxious event

Answer 1

Accident

Question 2

Which of the following statements most closely relates to an adverse event?

Causes death
Shortens hospital stay
Causes harm
This leads to legal problems

Answer 2

Causes harm

Question 3

What are the two approaches to patient safety that exist in health care?

Systems-based and individual-based approach
Physical and psychological approach
Blaming and shaming approach
Commending and recommending approach

Answer 3

Systems-based and individual-based

Question 4

What is the purpose of focusing on patient safety?

Financial gain by a healthcare institution
Personal promotion in one’s area of work
Reduce and mitigate unsafe acts in healthcare
To avoid punishment

Answer 4

Reduce and mitigate unsafe acts in healthcare

Question 5

What is an example of a “near miss”?

Seeing a co-worker make a mistake
Almost dropping a pile of clean towels on the floor.
Noticing a puddle of water in the hallway.
Helping a tired patient get back into bed.

Answer 5

Noticing a puddle of water in the hallway.

Question 6

What are some examples of the nurse’s role in maintaining patient safety?

Attending to the patient’s basic needs
Recognizing and eliminating physical hazards in a patient’s room
Reducing the transmission of pathogens when giving care
All of the above

Answer 6

All of the above

Question 7

What should NOT happen when a student nurse makes a medication error?

An RLS form is filled out
The student is removed from the clinical
The unit manager is notified
The patient is told about the mistake

Answer 7

The student is removed from the clinical.

Question 8

Whose responsibility is it to keep patients safe?

Nurse/nursing student
Housekeeping staff
Unit clerk
All of the above

Answer 8

All of the above

Question 9

What is the best way to stay safe in our nursing practice?

Ask for guidance and assistance in everything we do
Always follow a doctor’s orders without questioning them
Practice carefully & honestly and be a lifelong learner
Warn patients about the danger of being hospitalized

Answer 9

Practice carefully & honestly and be a lifelong learner.

Question 10

What is the best way to keep a patient safe in one’s care

Keep safety your number 1 priority
Keep safety your number 1 priority
Keep safety your number 1 priority
Keep safety your number 1 priority

Answer 10

Keep safety your number 1 priority