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QSEN & NPSG Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The Joint Commission recognizes that organizations face challenges with medication
reconciliation Included are the following examples. Which one is inaccurate?
1. A good faith effort to collect this information is recognized as meeting the intent of the
requirement.
2. Accuracy is dependent on the patient's or resident's ability and willingness to provide this
information.
3. It is not important for clinicians to know what medications the patient or resident is taking
when planning care, treatment, and services in situations where medications are not used.
4. The best medication reconciliation requires a complete understanding of what the patient or
resident was prescribed and what medications the patient or resident is actually taking.
5. It can be difficult to obtain a complete list from every patient or resident in an initial
encounter - answer✔It is not important for clinicians to know what medications the patient or
resident is taking when planning care, treatment, and services in situations where medications
are not used.
What does NPSG stand for?
- National Patient Safety Guidelines
- Nursing and Patient Satisfaction Goals
- National Patient Sanitary Guidelines
- National Patient Safety Goals - answer✔National Patient Safety Goals
Which statement best describes the focus of the NPSG?
- Reduce the risk of medical errors and to increase patient safety.
- To prevent sentinel events that has been reported to Joint Commission.
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- NPSG allows hospitals to submit alternative approaches to the requirements.
- Encourages patient's active involvement in their own care as a patient safety strategy. -
answer✔Reduce the risk of medical errors and to increase patient safety.
The nurse ensures the patient has sidebars up and call bell within reach. Which NPSG has
she/he addressed?
- Pressure Ulcers
- Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong
- Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery™
- Reduce Falls
- Health Care-Associated Infections - answer✔Reduce Falls
When using sterile technique for placement of an indwelling urinary catheter, the nurse is
incorporating professional guidelines which would fall under which 2018 NPSG?
Goal 1
Goal 10
Goal 7
Goal 3 - answer✔Goal 7
Which NPSG goal is addressed by the nurse who understands the risks involved with
anticoagulation therapy, the precautions they need to take, and the need for regular
International Normalized Ratio (INR) monitoring?
Goal 1
Goal 3
Goal 10
Goal 7 - answer✔Goal 3
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
QSEN & NPSG Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The Joint Commission recognizes that organizations face challenges with medication
reconciliation Included are the following examples. Which one is inaccurate?
1. A good faith effort to collect this information is recognized as meeting the intent of the
requirement.
2. Accuracy is dependent on the patient's or resident's ability and willingness to provide this
information.
3. It is not important for clinicians to know what medications the patient or resident is taking
when planning care, treatment, and services in situations where medications are not used.
4. The best medication reconciliation requires a complete understanding of what the patient or
resident was prescribed and what medications the patient or resident is actually taking.
5. It can be difficult to obtain a complete list from every patient or resident in an initial
encounter - answer✔It is not important for clinicians to know what medications the patient or
resident is taking when planning care, treatment, and services in situations where medications
are not used.
What does NPSG stand for?
- National Patient Safety Guidelines
- Nursing and Patient Satisfaction Goals
- National Patient Sanitary Guidelines
- National Patient Safety Goals - answer✔National Patient Safety Goals
Which statement best describes the focus of the NPSG?
- Reduce the risk of medical errors and to increase patient safety.
- To prevent sentinel events that has been reported to Joint Commission.
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- NPSG allows hospitals to submit alternative approaches to the requirements.
- Encourages patient's active involvement in their own care as a patient safety strategy. -
answer✔Reduce the risk of medical errors and to increase patient safety.
The nurse ensures the patient has sidebars up and call bell within reach. Which NPSG has
she/he addressed?
- Pressure Ulcers
- Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong
- Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery™
- Reduce Falls
- Health Care-Associated Infections - answer✔Reduce Falls
When using sterile technique for placement of an indwelling urinary catheter, the nurse is
incorporating professional guidelines which would fall under which 2018 NPSG?
Goal 1
Goal 10
Goal 7
Goal 3 - answer✔Goal 7
Which NPSG goal is addressed by the nurse who understands the risks involved with
anticoagulation therapy, the precautions they need to take, and the need for regular
International Normalized Ratio (INR) monitoring?
Goal 1
Goal 3
Goal 10
Goal 7 - answer✔Goal 3
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