PS 103: Human Factors and Safety
a. If you understand the factors that cause people to make mistakes, you can
hire safer providers.
b. If you understand human factor principles, you can ensure your system is
perfectly safe.
c. If you understand human factors principles, you can always justify using the
latest technology at the bedside.
d. If you understand the factors that affect human performance on critical
tasks, you can design a safer system.
Answer: D - correct answer ✔When attempting to decrease the risk of error,
it's important to use human factors principles because:
a. Predisposing mental and physiological states (e.g., fatigue, stress,
dehydration, hunger, and boredom)
b. Factors that directly enable decision making (e.g., perception, attention,
memory, reasoning, and judgment)
c. Factors that directly enable decision execution (e.g., communication and
being able to carry out the intended action)
d. All of the above
, Answer: D - correct answer ✔Which of the following factors can increase
human risk for error?
a. Ensuring staff training is up-to-date
b. Incentivizing nursing staff to remain vigilant
c. Improving medication administration processes
d. A & B
Answer: C - correct answer ✔At the end of a double shift, an experienced
nurse with an excellent track record gives a medication to the wrong patient.
Based on human factors principles, what would you recommend as the best
way to prevent the same error from recurring?
a. Errors of memory storage
b. Errors of planning
c. Errors of execution
d. A & B
Answer: D - correct answer ✔Which of the following types of errors is
associated with automatic thinking?
a. Interactions with humans.
a. If you understand the factors that cause people to make mistakes, you can
hire safer providers.
b. If you understand human factor principles, you can ensure your system is
perfectly safe.
c. If you understand human factors principles, you can always justify using the
latest technology at the bedside.
d. If you understand the factors that affect human performance on critical
tasks, you can design a safer system.
Answer: D - correct answer ✔When attempting to decrease the risk of error,
it's important to use human factors principles because:
a. Predisposing mental and physiological states (e.g., fatigue, stress,
dehydration, hunger, and boredom)
b. Factors that directly enable decision making (e.g., perception, attention,
memory, reasoning, and judgment)
c. Factors that directly enable decision execution (e.g., communication and
being able to carry out the intended action)
d. All of the above
, Answer: D - correct answer ✔Which of the following factors can increase
human risk for error?
a. Ensuring staff training is up-to-date
b. Incentivizing nursing staff to remain vigilant
c. Improving medication administration processes
d. A & B
Answer: C - correct answer ✔At the end of a double shift, an experienced
nurse with an excellent track record gives a medication to the wrong patient.
Based on human factors principles, what would you recommend as the best
way to prevent the same error from recurring?
a. Errors of memory storage
b. Errors of planning
c. Errors of execution
d. A & B
Answer: D - correct answer ✔Which of the following types of errors is
associated with automatic thinking?
a. Interactions with humans.
