NURS 3280 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+ | NEW UPDATE 2025
Act of commission - ANSWER Wrong action taken
Act of ommission - ANSWER Failure to do the right thing
Act of execution - ANSWER Right action done incorrectly
Near miss - ANSWER Error did not result in any harm
Adverse event - ANSWER Error resulted in unintended harm
Sentinel event - ANSWER Error resulted in death or catastrophic harm
Active errors - ANSWER Made by providers of patient care, responding to
patient needs at the sharp end, or point of care
Latent errors - ANSWER Organizational, contextual, diffuse in nature or design-
related, occur at the blunt end of care
Knowledge - ANSWER The focus of safety is on the execution of skills, as well
as on technology and systems level
, Skills - ANSWER Nurses and other health care professionals need to value their
roles in safety and collaboration
Attitudes - ANSWER Nurses and other health care professionals need to value
their roles in safety and collaboration
Just culture - ANSWER Seeks to find a balance between need to learn from
mistakes and the need for disciplinary action against an employee
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER The transmission of medications from location of
administration to the bloodstream; the effect of the body on drugs
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER The interaction between medication and its
target to produce effects; the effect of the drugs on the body
Absorption - ANSWER Transmission of medications from site of administration
to bloodstream
Distribution - ANSWER Transportation of meds to target sites/specific sites of
action
Metabolism - ANSWER Medications are metabolized into a less-potent or
inactive form
Excretion - ANSWER Elimination of medications through the kidneys, liver,
bowel, lungs, and exocrine glands
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