Successful Nurse Communication By Boynton -Test Bank
Chapter 5: Patient Safety
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Safe care should be an inherent part of every nursing:
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A. |
Intervention |
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B. |
Treatment |
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C. |
Recommendation |
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D. |
All of the above |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Page: 58 TOP: Safe nursing care
2. The definition of patient safety as defined by the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Institute includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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A. |
Individual performance |
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B. |
System effectiveness |
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C. |
Comprehensive data review |
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D. |
Minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Page: 59 TOP: Defining patient safety
3. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) considers quality of care to be:
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A. |
Expensive |
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B. |
A luxury |
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C. |
Inseparable from patient safety |
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D. |
A low priority |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Page: 59 TOP: Defining patient safety
4. Since the late 1900s until now, the overall changes associated with patient safety would best be described as:
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A. |
Significantly improved |
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B. |
Significantly worse |
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C. |
Better in some areas and worse in others |
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D. |
None of the above |
ANS:CPTS:1REF:Page: 60
TOP: A brief history of patient safety
5. The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is to:
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A. |
Produce evidence to make healthcare safer, while maintaining quality and cost-effectiveness |
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B. |
Produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable |
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C. |
Provide technological advances that support safe care |
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D. |
Eliminate wasted resources and optimize research data |
ANS:BPTS:1REF:Page: 60
TOP: Primary organizations involved in patient safety
6. The Joint Commission:
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A. |
Tracks voluntary reports of sentinel events |
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B. |
Tracks root causes of sentinel events |
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C. |
Tracks mandatory reports of adverse events |
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D. |
Both A and B |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Page: 63 TOP: Sentinel event statistics
7. For the purposes of Successful Nurse Communication, specific sentinel event data is being isolated with the explicit intention of:
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Demonstrating links among patient safety, sentinel events, and communication and human behavior |
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B. |
Teaching students how to track sentinel events |
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C. |
Building the reputation of The Joint Commission |
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D. |
All of the above |
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Page: 63 TOP: Sentinel event statistics
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