Test 2 Study Part 8

Question 1

A patient was taken into surgery at a local hospital for treatment of colon cancer. A large section of the colon was removed during surgery and the patient was taken to the medical floor after surgery. Within the first 24-hours post-op, the patient developed fever, chills, and abdominal pain. An abdominal CT scan revealed the presence of a foreign body. This situation describes a _____.

Question options:

near miss

sentinel event

security incident

time out

Answer 1

sentinel event

Question 2

A family member of a patient is walking through the hall in the hospital and slips and falls on a recently mopped floor. A nurse observes the fall and helps the family member. This nurse should report this event to the risk manager using which of the following?

Question options:

failure mode and effect analysis

root cause analysis

cause and effect diagram

incident report

Answer 2

incident report

Question 3

Occurrences involving liability for injury or property loss are called ___________.

Question options:

potentially compensable events

risk management

risk occurrences

potentially harmful occurrences

Answer 3

potentially compensable events

Question 4

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 _______.

Question options:

flowcharting

statistical analysis

root-cause analysis

nominal group technique

Answer 4

root-cause analysis

Question 5

In risk management terminology, an exposure to the chance of injury or financial loss and their associated liability is ________.

Question options:

incident

occurrence

rights

risk

Answer 5

risk

Question 6

Many organizations treat near misses in the same way that they treat sentinel events, using error-reduction tools such as root-analysis or failure mode and effects analysis in an effort to prevent future occurrences.

Question options:
True
False

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Which committee has a leadership role in the organization’s medication safety efforts and consists of pharmacists, physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, and other healthcare professionals?

Question options:

P and T Committee

Ethics Committee

Risk Management Committee

Procedure Review Committee

Answer 7

P and T Committee

Question 8

This record is used in the healthcare organization to document each dose of medication that is given to the patient during their hospitalization.

Question options:

occurrence report

incident report

medication administration record

drug formulary record

Answer 8

medication administration record

Question 9

A patient is transferred from the critical access hospital (CAH) to the university medical center. The CAH sent a list of her current medications with the transfer documents. This list is then compared to the physician’s admitting orders at the university hospital for consistency in order to provide continuity of care. The process is called ______.

Question options:

drug formulary evaluation

medication administration

drug diversion

medication reconciliation

Answer 9

medication reconciliation

Question 10

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 ________.

Question options:

prescribing

adverse drug reaction

sentinel event

diversion

Answer 10

diversion