EXAM 2 NUR170 2026 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Root Cause Analysis. Answer: Happens after a sentinel event to
find the cause of a sentinel event.
◉ Quality Assurance. Answer: Keeps track of sentinel events, and
works to educate staff on how to avoid them
◉ Mandatory Reporting. Answer: Child or elder abuse, gun violence
or burns, penetration wounds, infectious disease, coworkers under
the influence. You have the suspicion of it, but not the evidence to
back it up. You are not entitled to do your own investigation
*Ensure you are following your institution/facility's chain of
command when reporting*
◉ Six Aims of Healthcare (Quality Improvement). Answer: Safe,
effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, equitable
Pearson, pg 2858
,◉ Electronic Medical Record. Answer: Focuses on diagnosis and
treatment. Stays within a clinical setting
◉ Electronic Health Record. Answer: Gives broader view on a
patient's health. Designed to be viewed in multiple disciplines, and
provides patients with more comprehensive management of health
◉ Good Faith Immunity. Answer: Healthcare workers are protected
from civil or criminal liabilities when they report suspected child
abuse in good faith.
◉ Is mandatory reporting a violation of HIPAA?. Answer: NO.
Mandatory reporting may force the healthcare provider to reveal
protected health information to the person doing the investigation
(diagnosis, patient's name, age, address, etc.) and is not a considered
a violation of HIPAA.
◉ Negligence. Answer: A nurse fails to implement safety measures
for a client
Ex. A nurse does not follow safety measures for a client at risk for
falls, and the patient falls as a result
, ◉ Malpractice. Answer: Failure by a health professional to meet
accepted standards. When a nurse makes errors that is not up to
nursing standards
Ex. Failing to do the 7 rights of medicine administration and gives
the patient the incorrect dose of a med
◉ Difference between practicing medicine and nursing?. Answer:
Medicine follows the medical model, while nursing looks at patients
as a whole (holistic) and sees how things impact their lives
◉ Who gathers the data of the mandatory reporting/sentinel events
and puts it into national patient safety goals?. Answer: The Joint
Commission
◉ Quality Assurance Nurses. Answer: Keep track of sentinel events
and help build how they are going to educate the staff.
◉ Evidence Based Practice. Answer: Using proven evidence to
provide care to a patient
◉ Nursing Research. Answer: Research done to improve patient
outcomes and care. Outcomes of this research DRIVES evidence-
based practice
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Root Cause Analysis. Answer: Happens after a sentinel event to
find the cause of a sentinel event.
◉ Quality Assurance. Answer: Keeps track of sentinel events, and
works to educate staff on how to avoid them
◉ Mandatory Reporting. Answer: Child or elder abuse, gun violence
or burns, penetration wounds, infectious disease, coworkers under
the influence. You have the suspicion of it, but not the evidence to
back it up. You are not entitled to do your own investigation
*Ensure you are following your institution/facility's chain of
command when reporting*
◉ Six Aims of Healthcare (Quality Improvement). Answer: Safe,
effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, equitable
Pearson, pg 2858
,◉ Electronic Medical Record. Answer: Focuses on diagnosis and
treatment. Stays within a clinical setting
◉ Electronic Health Record. Answer: Gives broader view on a
patient's health. Designed to be viewed in multiple disciplines, and
provides patients with more comprehensive management of health
◉ Good Faith Immunity. Answer: Healthcare workers are protected
from civil or criminal liabilities when they report suspected child
abuse in good faith.
◉ Is mandatory reporting a violation of HIPAA?. Answer: NO.
Mandatory reporting may force the healthcare provider to reveal
protected health information to the person doing the investigation
(diagnosis, patient's name, age, address, etc.) and is not a considered
a violation of HIPAA.
◉ Negligence. Answer: A nurse fails to implement safety measures
for a client
Ex. A nurse does not follow safety measures for a client at risk for
falls, and the patient falls as a result
, ◉ Malpractice. Answer: Failure by a health professional to meet
accepted standards. When a nurse makes errors that is not up to
nursing standards
Ex. Failing to do the 7 rights of medicine administration and gives
the patient the incorrect dose of a med
◉ Difference between practicing medicine and nursing?. Answer:
Medicine follows the medical model, while nursing looks at patients
as a whole (holistic) and sees how things impact their lives
◉ Who gathers the data of the mandatory reporting/sentinel events
and puts it into national patient safety goals?. Answer: The Joint
Commission
◉ Quality Assurance Nurses. Answer: Keep track of sentinel events
and help build how they are going to educate the staff.
◉ Evidence Based Practice. Answer: Using proven evidence to
provide care to a patient
◉ Nursing Research. Answer: Research done to improve patient
outcomes and care. Outcomes of this research DRIVES evidence-
based practice
