Exam 2: Patient Safety

The NQF provides a model for advancement of healthcare quality that could be used in healthcare organizations.Using this model might involve councils or committees that dialogue openly regarding quality and:

How would you prepare your unit for a Joint Commission visit?

On the basis of a review of increased falls with injury and increased restraint use during evening hours,as the unit manager,you most likely would:

A survey of safety practices and attitudes at hospital XYZ finds that staff members have concerns about their safety and that of patients.Results from the manager subgroup are likely to be:

Before the IOM report was issued,"To err is human" adverse events were considered:

After consulting with practice environments about quality and safety concerns in health care,the Dean of Health Programs at US University develops:

The STAR approach to patient safety encourages:

In complying with Crossing the Quality Chasm,you ensure that:

As a patient care advocate,you regularly coach patients as to how to stay safe in health care by educating them about:

As a nurse manager on the West Surgery Unit,you are interested in increasing patient safety on your unit.Your initial focus is on the two encounters that the Chasm series identified as most likely to generate concerns about patient safety.As a result,you initiate which of the following?

Mary,an 85-year-old patient with cognitive impairment and gross instability,wanders continuously.Lately,she has fallen twice,and the family demands that she be restrained.As the unit manager,you have initiated a least restraint practice.An appropriate action in this situation would be:

Traditional approaches to ensuring patient safety have focused on:

A logical response to the final step of the STAR Approach to Patient Safety might be to:

Which of the following patients would be at greatest risk in a healthcare visit ?

A client requires an appendectomy.The surgeon explains the procedure and asks the client to sign the consent.The patient speaks very little English and looks worried.As a nurse,you would:

As the case manager in a home health service,you are interested in trying the Institute for Healthcare Improvement TCAB project in your service.In considering this application,you need to particularly consider:

In an effort to control costs and maximize revenues,the Rehabilitation Unit at Cross Hospital reduces the number of its managers and flattens its organizational structure.Within a year,the number of adverse events on the units has doubled.This may be attributable to:

You notice that Sally,a student on your unit,is giving information to an anxious young teen,who seems very uncertain about preparation for an upper GI series.After Sally leaves the room,you ask her how she thought her conversation went and:

In designing a quality,safe healthcare environment,the primary emphasis needs to be on:

To achieve nurse-sensitive care standards developed by the NQF,you advocate for which of the following in your health facility?