Exam 15: Continuous Quality Improvement, Risk Management, and Program Evaluation

The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was to ensure safe and healthful working conditions.Workplace inspections are usually conducted without prior notice.What type of workplace condition is the top priority for an inspection?

The most common law affecting nursing practice is:

Deming,who revitalized the Japanese industry with his focus on total quality management (TQM)and continuous quality improvement (CQI),introduced what concept to TQM?

Continuous quality improvement (CQI)is a process carried out by a team that establishes criteria,identifies relevant information,collects and analyzes data,judges quality,takes corrective action,reevaluates,and does public reporting.Criteria are established by developing standards and setting benchmarks.Standards are structure,process,and outcomes.Which of the following is an outcome statement?

Establishing the validity of the tools used to measure the extent of goal achievement is an important step in continuous quality improvement.Which type of validity is theory oriented?

As health care expanded,the federal government became involved.The federal government realized it could not meet the costs of unlimited health care coverage,so which of the following was initiated?

Which event during the 1940s helped the United States realize the need for a prepaid payment system that would relieve the burden on the sick person and ensure that the hospital and hospital expenses were paid?

Several tools are available to analyze information once it is collected.Which tool is used to identify the root causes of a problem or outcome?

The first step in risk management is identifying potential or actual risks for accidents,injuries,or financial loss.The occurrence of an injury that is caused by medical management and results in a measurable disability is termed:

When a nurse is called to be an expert witness in a malpractice court case,the nurse draws on many standards of care.All of the following may be used to establish standards for court cases except:

Extraneous variables can confound the effects of the experimental variable and are therefore sources of internal invalidity.If subjects are lost from the comparison groups,the source of internal invalidity is said to be:

Which of the following is a valuable tool that is used for planning and judging the progress of the program evaluation?

Which organization required audits of care,which later became part of a quality assurance program?

The health care risk management process includes all of the following except:

Which organization attempts to develop and implement a case mix classification system that can provide a basis for Medicare and Medicaid payments as well as serve as a quality monitoring system?

The Clinton administration instructed the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry to work with the Institute of Medicine Reports to develop the core competencies for health care professionals.What publication reported the core competencies for health care professionals?

The federal government began facilitating competition among health care services when:

During President Clinton's years of service,the Health Security Act was passed,which was another step in health care reform.Which principle of the Health Security Act called for every employee and every employer to contribute to the cost of health care?

The evaluator should structure the evaluation using an appropriate research design.When utilizing an instrument to collect data,the evaluator may need to select the time and the individuals on whom observations will be made.For which research design is it best if the design is repeated by several researchers in separate situations?

Several tools are used to collect data to facilitate continuous quality improvement.What kind of audits review critical pathways and standardized clinical guidelines?