CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements, a hospital is creating an anti
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microbial stewardship committee. What should be the first step in supporting this new patient safety in
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itiative?
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A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different compliance issues.
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B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication and time-out screens.
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C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
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D. Review the past year's data to identify the most commonly grown pathogens. - CORRECT
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C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
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After implementing a new product recall system, a hospital was alerted to a high-
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risk medication recall. This medication is in stock in the emergency department and oncology unit. To
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vensure the effectiveness of the new system, a patient safety professional should:
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A. require individual departments to verify that a search for the recalled medication was performed.
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B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was sequestered.
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C. reconcile the number of doses administered to the number of doses purchased.
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D. notify the affected units via fax to remove recalled meds and to post recall notices in the units -
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CORRECT ANSWER -B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was sequestered.
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An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist and encounters resistance fro m
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the perioperative staff. To improve staff engagement, a patient safety professional should:
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A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
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B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
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C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
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D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER -
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B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
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An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure. The patient safety professional
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believes that the processes in place are not reliable or that the results are attributable to luck. Which of the
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following best describes this characteristic?
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A. appreciative inquiry
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B. commitment to resilience
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C. deference to expertise
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D. preoccupation with failure - CORRECT ANSWER -D. preoccupation with failure
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A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that undermine a culture of safety bec ause
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A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
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B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
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C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-shaping factors.
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D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient outcome. -
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D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient outcome.
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,In process improvement, reducing variation improves
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A. predictability of outcomes.
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B. patient care processes.
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C. frequency of poor results.
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D. reluctance to simplify. - CORRECT ANSWERV-A. predictability of outcomes.
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When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be considered the weakest?
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A. visible involvement and action by leadership
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B. standardizing processes as much as possible
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C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
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D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - CORRECT ANSWERV-D. use of color- coded
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labels that are readily seen by staff
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Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
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A. care standards
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B. team leadership
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C. caregiver burnout
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D. health literacy - CORRECT ANSWER -B. team leadership
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As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A patient safety professional and other
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leaders are discussing what to disclose to the patient. In addition to an apology, critical compone nts of
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disclosure include
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A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will be prevented.
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B. who was involved, when it happened, and how often medication errors occur.
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C. plans for staff disciplinary action, physician disciplinary action, and a plan for education.
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D. history of pharmacy transcription errors, and the plan to implement an electronic health record. - CORRECT
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A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will be prevented.
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Results from recent tests were not included in a patient transfer from one facility to another, resulting i n
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an adverse event. Which of the following is the most common cause of this type of harm?
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A. inadequate information flow
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B. inattentional blindness
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C. normalized deviance
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D. insufficient staffing - CORRECT ANSWER -A. inadequate information flow
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A healthcare organization is introducing a new medication administration barcoding system. Which of t he
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following is the most significant indicator of successful implementation?
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A. order accuracy for high-risk medications
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B. bar code scanning compliance
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C. nursing bar coding knowledge
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D. bar coding performance goal setting - CORRECT ANSWER -B. bar code scanning compliance
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A manager demonstrates adherence to the principles of a just culture by applying which of the followi ng
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types of decision-making frameworks?
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B. outcome-focused
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C. equity-focused
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D. risk-based - CORRECT ANSWERV-D. risk-based
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,When interpreting data after a safety event, which of the following is true?
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A. Identifying human error results in a deep understanding of the event and its causes.
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B. Comparing actions taken to procedures and rules will explain the behaviors during the event.
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C. The outcome of the event has no influence on the interpretation or conclusions.
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D. Causes are constructed from the investigation and analysis. - CORRECT ANSWER -
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D. Causes are constructed from the investigation and analysis.
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As a member of an improvement team focused on standardizing surgical protocols, the patient safety p
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rofessional recognizes that one concern clinicians may raise is:
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A. improved supply chain management.
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B. increased amount of waste.
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C. depersonalized care.
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D. increased length of stay. - CORRECT ANSWER -C. depersonalized care.
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When healthcare providers are involved in an adverse event, it is important to first
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A. conduct an objective root cause analysis.
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B. offer guidance and emotional support.
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C. involve crisis counselors in the investigation.
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D. consult providers who experienced a similar event. - CORRECT ANSWERV-
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B. offer guidance and emotional support.
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Which of the following is an example of a syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion and a decr ease
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in personal accomplishments that is directly associated with employment?
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A. burnout
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C. resilience
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D. failure to thrive - CORRECT ANSWERV-A. burnout
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When processing an order for diagnostic imaging of a patient's left foot, the nurse remembered changin g
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the dressing on the right foot. The nurse called the provider to confirm the laterality, and the order w as
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corrected. Which critical feature of the culture of safety did the nurse practice?
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A. measurement of patient safety
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B. ensuring all orders are carried out
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C. awareness of health education
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D. detection of a near miss - CORRECT ANSWER -D. detection of a near miss
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Which of the following is an example of a high reliability principle?
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A. individual accountability
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B. sensitivity to operations
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C. executive patient safety rounds
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D. adoption of cutting edge technology - CORRECT ANSWER -B. sensitivity to operations
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procedure screening for scheduled MRIs, patients with implanted devices presented for scheduled MRI
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procedures. Technicians identified the hazards and prevented patients from entering the suite. The mos t
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effective action for the patient safety professional is to recommend
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A. using track and trend reports for repeat occurrences.
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B. suspending provider MRI ordering privileges for repetitive noncompliance.
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C. requiring providers and staff to complete a safety training program.
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D. collaborating with providers and staff to strengthen the screening process. - CORRECT ANSWER -
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D. collaborating with providers and staff to strengthen the screening process.
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, Which of the following statements about root cause analysis (RCA) is accurate?
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A. The goal of performing an RCA is to find the one underlying root cause.
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B. RCAs are not subject to outcome or hindsight biases.
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C. RCAs may be subject to political highjack, resulting in poor risk controls.
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D. RCAs are as effective in healthcare as they are in other high-risk industries. -
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CORRECT ANSWER -C. RCAs may be subject to political highjack, resulting in poor risk controls.
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Which of the following is accurate when a patient has back-to-
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back procedures, and the person performing each procedure changes?
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A. No staff changes may occur between procedures.
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B. One time-out at the beginning of the first surgery is sufficient for each procedure.
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C. Another time-out needs to be performed before starting each procedure.
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D. No additional sponge count is needed between surgeries. - CORRECT ANSWERV-C. Another time- out
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needs to be performed before starting each procedure.
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Which of the following is most useful in illustrating inefficiency and waste in a process?
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A. fishbone diagram
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B. control chart
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C. spaghetti chart
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D. Pareto diagram - CORRECT ANSWER -C. spaghetti chart
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A. an outcome measure.
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B. a process measure.
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C. a balance measure.
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D. an evidence-based measure. - CORRECT ANSWER -A. an outcome measure.
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What type of organization recognizes and respects that information can come from any source within t he
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organization and that each reporter has a valuable perspective?
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A. highly reliable
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C. patient-centered
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D. interdisciplinary - CORRECT ANSWERV-A. highly reliable
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From a human factors engineering perspective, which of the following should beknown about identifyi ng
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and eliminating diagnostic errors?
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A. Diagnostic errors are the result of cognitive biases and failures by clinicians.
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B. Partnership with scientists in cognition, perception, and decision making is needed.
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C. An effective strategy to reduce diagnostic errors is the use of checklists.
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D. Attribution of diagnostic errors is not subject to either hindsight or outcome biases. -
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B. Partnership with scientists in cognition, perception, and decision making is needed.
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Which of the following would best demonstrate non-random process variation over time?
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B. control chart
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D. pie chart - CORRECT ANSWERV-B. control chart
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A patient safety professional is leading a process improvement team to enhance communication hand-
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