IHI PS 101Latest Update 2025-2026 Actual Exam
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- CORRECT ANSWER:
"Patient safety" means:
(A) Eliminating medical error and preventable harm in health care
(B) Eliminating waste in health care services
(C) Eliminating health inequities in populations
(D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER: eliminating medical error and preventable
harm in health care
A colleague accesses and delivers a medication, believing it is the correct one.
Unfortunately, it isn't — it is another medication in a similar vial. Which of the following is
the best way to address his error?
(A) Ask him to take a couple of weeks off without pay.
(B) Make sure that he is supervised more closely in the future.
(C) Send an email to him as well as others who administer those medications to remind
them that the vials look similar.
(D) Investigate whether others find the vials confusing and consider making a change
to how they are packaged or accessed. - CORRECT ANSWER: (D) Investigate whether
others find the vials confusing and consider making a change to how they are packaged
or accessed.
,A patient in your colleague's care suffers minor harm due to a medication mix-up. In
which of the following situations might some type of punitive action against your
colleague be warranted?
(A) She was under the influence of illicit drugs when the error occurred.
(B) She accidentally administered the wrong medication although trying her best.
(C) She ignored proper protocol for dispensing the medication because she resented
being told what to do.
(D) A and C - CORRECT ANSWER: (D) A and C
According to WHO, in developed countries worldwide, what is the approximate
likelihood that a hospitalized patient will be harmed while receiving care?
A <1%
B 10%
C 50%
D >75% - CORRECT ANSWER: B 10%
After a medical error occurs, what is the best way to prevent the same error from
happening again?
(A) Punish everyone involved in the error.
(B) Change the system in which the error occurred.
(C) Permanently dismiss everyone who was involved in the error.
(D) The same error is unlikely to happen more than once, so no action is required. -
CORRECT ANSWER: (B) Change the system in which the error occurred.
After a team training system is implemented in an operating room (OR), a junior
circulating nurse notices that a particular anesthesiologist goes missing from the OR at
odd times, often seems sluggish, and occasionally slurs her words. Concerned that the
, physician might be impaired due to medication abuse, the nurse ponders what to do
next.
What would be the MOST appropriate way for the nurse to respond?
(A) Call the physician at home and warn her to stop abusing prescription medication
(B) Refuse to work with that physician in the future
(C) Start logging the suspicious occurrences as he sees them, so that he can bring a
list to the medical director
(D) Talk to the medical director now, in confidence
(E) Warn colleagues about working with that physician - CORRECT ANSWER: (D) Talk
to the medical director now, in confidence
Approximately what percentage of US adults have experienced a medical error in their
own or a family member's care at some point in their life?
(A) 1 percent
(B) 5 percent
(C) 33 percent
(D) 66 percent - CORRECT ANSWER: c 33%
James is a first-year surgery resident on his first pediatric rotation. His attending
(consultant) asks him to immediately start intravenous (IV) replacement fluids on a two-
year-old boy who is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. James has recently learned the
guidelines for calculating fluid replacement rates for very small children; however, he
confuses them and picks a rate that is too high.
To prevent this type of error from recurring in this unit, which of the following is MOST
important?
(A) Clearer medical guidelines for fluid replacement in patients of all ages
(B) An improved culture of safety
(C) A change to the system, so that it does not rely as heavily on human memory
Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers
Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor
- CORRECT ANSWER:
"Patient safety" means:
(A) Eliminating medical error and preventable harm in health care
(B) Eliminating waste in health care services
(C) Eliminating health inequities in populations
(D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER: eliminating medical error and preventable
harm in health care
A colleague accesses and delivers a medication, believing it is the correct one.
Unfortunately, it isn't — it is another medication in a similar vial. Which of the following is
the best way to address his error?
(A) Ask him to take a couple of weeks off without pay.
(B) Make sure that he is supervised more closely in the future.
(C) Send an email to him as well as others who administer those medications to remind
them that the vials look similar.
(D) Investigate whether others find the vials confusing and consider making a change
to how they are packaged or accessed. - CORRECT ANSWER: (D) Investigate whether
others find the vials confusing and consider making a change to how they are packaged
or accessed.
,A patient in your colleague's care suffers minor harm due to a medication mix-up. In
which of the following situations might some type of punitive action against your
colleague be warranted?
(A) She was under the influence of illicit drugs when the error occurred.
(B) She accidentally administered the wrong medication although trying her best.
(C) She ignored proper protocol for dispensing the medication because she resented
being told what to do.
(D) A and C - CORRECT ANSWER: (D) A and C
According to WHO, in developed countries worldwide, what is the approximate
likelihood that a hospitalized patient will be harmed while receiving care?
A <1%
B 10%
C 50%
D >75% - CORRECT ANSWER: B 10%
After a medical error occurs, what is the best way to prevent the same error from
happening again?
(A) Punish everyone involved in the error.
(B) Change the system in which the error occurred.
(C) Permanently dismiss everyone who was involved in the error.
(D) The same error is unlikely to happen more than once, so no action is required. -
CORRECT ANSWER: (B) Change the system in which the error occurred.
After a team training system is implemented in an operating room (OR), a junior
circulating nurse notices that a particular anesthesiologist goes missing from the OR at
odd times, often seems sluggish, and occasionally slurs her words. Concerned that the
, physician might be impaired due to medication abuse, the nurse ponders what to do
next.
What would be the MOST appropriate way for the nurse to respond?
(A) Call the physician at home and warn her to stop abusing prescription medication
(B) Refuse to work with that physician in the future
(C) Start logging the suspicious occurrences as he sees them, so that he can bring a
list to the medical director
(D) Talk to the medical director now, in confidence
(E) Warn colleagues about working with that physician - CORRECT ANSWER: (D) Talk
to the medical director now, in confidence
Approximately what percentage of US adults have experienced a medical error in their
own or a family member's care at some point in their life?
(A) 1 percent
(B) 5 percent
(C) 33 percent
(D) 66 percent - CORRECT ANSWER: c 33%
James is a first-year surgery resident on his first pediatric rotation. His attending
(consultant) asks him to immediately start intravenous (IV) replacement fluids on a two-
year-old boy who is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. James has recently learned the
guidelines for calculating fluid replacement rates for very small children; however, he
confuses them and picks a rate that is too high.
To prevent this type of error from recurring in this unit, which of the following is MOST
important?
(A) Clearer medical guidelines for fluid replacement in patients of all ages
(B) An improved culture of safety
(C) A change to the system, so that it does not rely as heavily on human memory
