NUR 352 Safety Exam Questions And
Accurate Answers
What is an example of an SRE? - ANSWER amputating the wrong body part
What is the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses? ANSWER organization that
prepares future nurses to have the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to
continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems
What does the QSEN teach future nursing students throughout all nursing schools?
ANSWER patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice,
quality improvement, safety and informatics
What is root cause analysis? ANSWER review process used to examine potential or
actual errors
What does the RCA do in order to address the problem or system error? ANSWER come
up with a corrective action plan
What is even/occurence reporting? ANSWER tool used to report an adverse event,
sentinel event, client safety event, or near miss
What would corrective action have looked and sounded like historically when discussing
the culture of safety? - ANSWER Identifying who's at fault followed by punitive
action-usually termination.
Now, with a culture of safety, what do we focus on now when an event or incident
happens? - ANSWER What's wrong, not who's wrong
, What is the culture of safety significant for? - ANSWER addresses errors and prevents
re-occurrences
What is the culture of safety trying to convey in relation to incidents? - ANSWER
disciplinary measures have reduced and learning from mistakes have risen
Select all that apply:
What is/are the purpose of an occurrence report?
a; track near misses or events
b; used as an investigational tool for staff, management, administration to prevent future
occurrences
c; for internal use only (NEVER USE IN CLIENTS EHR)
d; to punish the faculty member(s) involved - ANSWER a,b,c
What is important to know about occurrence reports? - ANSWER All events need to be
reported to a nurse leader per facility protocol
What is the Joint Commission? -ANSWER independent, nonprofit organization that sets
standards for and accredits health care organizations
What are national patient safety goals? -ANSWER goals which focus on client safety,
safe and effective delivery of health care, and recommendations to avoid adverse
outcomes
What are some examples of NPSGs? -ANSWER using client identifiers, improving staff
communication, using medications safely, and using alarms safely
What is a near miss? - ANSWER potential error or even that could have been caused
harm but was caught and avoided
What is a patient safety event? - ANSWER unexpected event that occurred with/without
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