NUR 202 EXAM 2 | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, NCLEX-STYLE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
what does QSEN stand for - correct answer ✔✔Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
QSEN competencies - correct answer ✔✔- Patient-centered care
(recognize + advocate for the patient and tailor care to them
- Quality improvement
( constantly asking " is there a better way to do this?")
- Teamwork + collaboration
( working with other healthcare professionals with open communication, respect, and shared
decision making)
- Evidence-based practice
(using the most recent evidence to care for patients)
- Safety
(caring for patients with minimal risks)
- Informatics
(mitigate errors, minimizing medical errors through technology)
Institute of Medicine (IOM) 6 Aims (STEEP) - correct answer ✔✔- Safe
- Timely
- Effective
- Efficient
- Equitable
- Patient-Centered
, Historical underpinnings of the IOM report? - correct answer ✔✔- The report released from the
IOM in 2000 stated that up to 98,000 patients a year die due to medical errors
- The report + the 6 aims focus to improve safe care
IOM's 10 simple rules - correct answer ✔✔1) care based on continuous healing relationships
2) care customized to patient needs and values
3) the patient is the source of control
4) knowledge is shared, and information flows freely
5) decision making is evidence based
6) Safety is a system property
7) transparency is necessary
8) needs are anticipated
9) waste is continually decreased
10) cooperation among clinicians is a priority
Regulatory + Accreditation Agencies - correct answer ✔✔- The centers for medicare and
medicaid services (CMS)
- The joint commission (TJC or JACHO)
- State licensing authorities
The Joint Commission - correct answer ✔✔- Provides the standard measures of care for a
specific unit or procedure for patients
- keeps hospitals "in line"
- Has a website where patients can write and complain of negligence or any compliant, and TJC
will investigate
Programs of TJC and CMS - correct answer ✔✔- TJC sentinel event standard
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
what does QSEN stand for - correct answer ✔✔Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
QSEN competencies - correct answer ✔✔- Patient-centered care
(recognize + advocate for the patient and tailor care to them
- Quality improvement
( constantly asking " is there a better way to do this?")
- Teamwork + collaboration
( working with other healthcare professionals with open communication, respect, and shared
decision making)
- Evidence-based practice
(using the most recent evidence to care for patients)
- Safety
(caring for patients with minimal risks)
- Informatics
(mitigate errors, minimizing medical errors through technology)
Institute of Medicine (IOM) 6 Aims (STEEP) - correct answer ✔✔- Safe
- Timely
- Effective
- Efficient
- Equitable
- Patient-Centered
, Historical underpinnings of the IOM report? - correct answer ✔✔- The report released from the
IOM in 2000 stated that up to 98,000 patients a year die due to medical errors
- The report + the 6 aims focus to improve safe care
IOM's 10 simple rules - correct answer ✔✔1) care based on continuous healing relationships
2) care customized to patient needs and values
3) the patient is the source of control
4) knowledge is shared, and information flows freely
5) decision making is evidence based
6) Safety is a system property
7) transparency is necessary
8) needs are anticipated
9) waste is continually decreased
10) cooperation among clinicians is a priority
Regulatory + Accreditation Agencies - correct answer ✔✔- The centers for medicare and
medicaid services (CMS)
- The joint commission (TJC or JACHO)
- State licensing authorities
The Joint Commission - correct answer ✔✔- Provides the standard measures of care for a
specific unit or procedure for patients
- keeps hospitals "in line"
- Has a website where patients can write and complain of negligence or any compliant, and TJC
will investigate
Programs of TJC and CMS - correct answer ✔✔- TJC sentinel event standard
