EDAC CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔The hospital project manager is making
recommendations for participants to join the
interdisciplinary project team. There is disagreement
about whether to include one or more vendors. What
is the MOST appropriate recommendation?
a. Do not include vendors because it is difficult
for them to maintain objectivity in selection of
appropriate products to meet project goals.
b. Include vendors because they will offer substantial
discounts on their products.
c. Do not include vendors because they present their
own research data and influence the selection of
products.
d. Include vendors because they provide insight and
perspective regarding selection of appropriate
products to meet project goals. - ✔✔d. Include vendors because they provide insight
and
perspective regarding selection of appropriate
products to meet project goals.
✔✔A project team is interested in reducing patient
falls and increasing staff satisfaction in an
existing inpatient unit. There are a variety of
design changes that could be made to achieve
these goals. These include the installation of a
non-slip type of flooring, a decentralized nurse
station layout, and handrails in the patient room.
Given the limited budget, what should the project
team do FIRST to determine where to invest its
limited resources?
, a. Select the design feature that is most in line with
the evidence-based design goals.
b. Review data to determine the cost of patient falls
and complete a business case.
c. Conduct a critical review of the existing research
for each option.
d. Mock-up a patient room that includes the
proposed design features. - ✔✔c. Conduct a critical review of the existing research
for each option.
✔✔There is an opportunity for transformational change
during a new design and construction project. Who
or what group is in the best position to drive the
culture change necessary to establish the vision for
the new facility?
a. Physicians and nurses.
b. Board of Directors.
c. Chief Executive Officer.
d. Chief Operating Officer. - ✔✔c. Chief Executive Officer.
✔✔During a key stakeholder meeting, an experienced
nurse shared an article from a peer-reviewed journal
that indicated that the efficiency of care provided
by the nursing staff is influenced by the layout of
patient rooms. The nurse argued that the bulk of their
evidence-based design budget be spent on the layout
of the patient rooms. What should the team do FIRST?
a. Allocate the bulk of the budget to patient room
redesign based on this evidence.
b. Conduct an additional literature search to validate
the research report's findings.
c. Benchmark hospitals that have demonstrated an
increase in staff efficiency based upon the layout of
patient rooms.
d. Complete a business case in order to determine the
operational savings from this change in layout. - ✔✔b. Conduct an additional literature
search to validate
the research report's findings.
✔✔A researcher on the project team wants to make sure
that a new observation tool they developed has a high
degree of reliability. How should the researcher ensure
the observation tool is reliable?
a. Submit the tool to the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
b. Test the tool in a variety of settings both within and
outside the hospital.
SET A+
✔✔The hospital project manager is making
recommendations for participants to join the
interdisciplinary project team. There is disagreement
about whether to include one or more vendors. What
is the MOST appropriate recommendation?
a. Do not include vendors because it is difficult
for them to maintain objectivity in selection of
appropriate products to meet project goals.
b. Include vendors because they will offer substantial
discounts on their products.
c. Do not include vendors because they present their
own research data and influence the selection of
products.
d. Include vendors because they provide insight and
perspective regarding selection of appropriate
products to meet project goals. - ✔✔d. Include vendors because they provide insight
and
perspective regarding selection of appropriate
products to meet project goals.
✔✔A project team is interested in reducing patient
falls and increasing staff satisfaction in an
existing inpatient unit. There are a variety of
design changes that could be made to achieve
these goals. These include the installation of a
non-slip type of flooring, a decentralized nurse
station layout, and handrails in the patient room.
Given the limited budget, what should the project
team do FIRST to determine where to invest its
limited resources?
, a. Select the design feature that is most in line with
the evidence-based design goals.
b. Review data to determine the cost of patient falls
and complete a business case.
c. Conduct a critical review of the existing research
for each option.
d. Mock-up a patient room that includes the
proposed design features. - ✔✔c. Conduct a critical review of the existing research
for each option.
✔✔There is an opportunity for transformational change
during a new design and construction project. Who
or what group is in the best position to drive the
culture change necessary to establish the vision for
the new facility?
a. Physicians and nurses.
b. Board of Directors.
c. Chief Executive Officer.
d. Chief Operating Officer. - ✔✔c. Chief Executive Officer.
✔✔During a key stakeholder meeting, an experienced
nurse shared an article from a peer-reviewed journal
that indicated that the efficiency of care provided
by the nursing staff is influenced by the layout of
patient rooms. The nurse argued that the bulk of their
evidence-based design budget be spent on the layout
of the patient rooms. What should the team do FIRST?
a. Allocate the bulk of the budget to patient room
redesign based on this evidence.
b. Conduct an additional literature search to validate
the research report's findings.
c. Benchmark hospitals that have demonstrated an
increase in staff efficiency based upon the layout of
patient rooms.
d. Complete a business case in order to determine the
operational savings from this change in layout. - ✔✔b. Conduct an additional literature
search to validate
the research report's findings.
✔✔A researcher on the project team wants to make sure
that a new observation tool they developed has a high
degree of reliability. How should the researcher ensure
the observation tool is reliable?
a. Submit the tool to the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
b. Test the tool in a variety of settings both within and
outside the hospital.
