Exam 20: Patient Safety

A manager is concerned with the number of medication errors occurring on their unit.The manager determines that these errors represent latent errors when an investigation reveals that

A nursing manager explains to a group of newly hired graduate nurses that maintaining situational awareness means

The nurse knows that the primary purpose of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 was to

The practicing nurse knows the following factor contributes to more patient injuries and death than the other factors.

An accreditation body visitor is touring a facility that has been designated as a High Reliability Organization (HRO).The visitor could reasonably conclude that this facility's nursing staff

A nursing manager for a cardiac unit wishes to improve collaborative teamwork to improve patient care outcomes.Which action by the manager would best accomplish this goal?

The nurse working in health care today understands the ways in which the Patient Affordable Care Act (ACA)will affect patient safety.Which are the ways this is true? (Select all that apply. )

A nursing manager is concerned about professional sanctions that might result if several near-miss episodes are reported to a Patient Safety Organization (PSO)under the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).The chief nurse executive explains to the manager that under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005,

The nursing executive attempting to incorporate the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' (AACN's)Healthy Work Environment Standards would formulate which policy? The manager would create a policy to

A chief nursing officer (CNO)wishes to integrate the Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS)model of teamwork training into the hospital where the CNO works.The first action by the CNO should be to

The nurse executive explains to a group of newly hired nurses that the major responsibility for preventing errors in patient care lies with the

A nursing manager explains to the executive committee that reducing errors requires

A hospital has significantly reduced the number of errors and near-miss episodes it has in the past 2 years.An accreditation body visitor might conclude that error and near-miss reductions are most directly related to

A nurse applying for a job in a hospital notes that administration promotes accurate and timely reporting of errors and near misses.The facility has a multidisciplinary team to analyze this information as it becomes available and design solutions to identified problems.This nurse could infer that

A chief nursing officer (CNO)has implemented a model for teamwork training in the facility.The model seems to be working in some areas but not in others.The best action by the CNO would be to

A manager is counseling a nurse who has violated safety protocols several times.The most appropriate action by the manager is to

The nurse defends DHHS reporting of successful medical error reduction initiatives to Congress by summarizing that

A nurse is working with a patient who seems changed from earlier in the shift.The nurse cannot pinpoint exactly what has changed but is concerned that the patient is getting worse.The best action by the nurse would be to

A chief nursing officer (CNO)has been hired to develop a healthy work environment and culture of safety in a hospital with a long record of safety problems and poor patient outcomes.The best initial action by the CNO would be to

A nurse asks the manager why the nursing staff seems to have the bulk of the responsibility for preventing errors in patient care.The manager explains that the primary reason nurses are best situated to recognize and prevent errors is because they