CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
In preparation for new antimicrobial
stewardship regulatory requirements, a
hospital is creating an antimicrobial
stewardship committee. What should be
the first step in supporting this new pa-
tient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts
to gain insight on different compliance C. Partner with key stakeholders to per-
issues. form a gap analysis of current state to
B. Work with information technology (IT) ideal state.
to build antibiotic indication and time-out
screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to per-
form a gap analysis of current state to
ideal state.
D. Review the past year's data to identify
the most commonly grown pathogens.
After implementing a new product re-
call system, a hospital was alerted to
a high-risk medication recall. This med-
ication is in stock in the emergency de-
partment and oncology unit. To ensure
the effectiveness of the new system, a
patient safety professional should:
A. require individual departments to ver-
ify that a search for the recalled medica- B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the
tion was performed. recalled medication was sequestered.
B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the
recalled medication was sequestered.
C. reconcile the number of doses ad-
ministered to the number of doses pur-
chased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to re-
move recalled meds and to post recall
notices in the units
An organization is implementing a stan-
dardized surgical safety checklist and
, CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
encounters resistance from the perioper-
ative staff. To improve staff engagement,
a patient safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the imple-
mentation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use
B. present evidence that checklist use
reduces practice variability.
reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is respon-
sible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to
nursing.
An organization has achieved 92% com-
pliance with a process measure. The pa-
tient safety professional believes that the
processes in place are not reliable or that
the results are attributable to luck. Which
of the following best describes this char- D. preoccupation with failure
acteristic?
A. appreciative inquiry
B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure
A just culture framework provides a
means to address behaviors that under-
mine a culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are differentiated
from consciously chosen acts.
B. preservation of highly valued team D. the organizational response to inves-
members is a primary goal. tigated events is independent of patient
C. the evaluative process does not con- outcome.
sider personal performance-shaping fac-
tors.
D. the organizational response to inves-
tigated events is independent of patient
outcome.
In process improvement, reducing varia-
tion improves
, CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
A. predictability of outcomes.
B. patient care processes.
A. predictability of outcomes.
C. frequency of poor results.
D. reluctance to simplify.
When creating action plans, which of the
following solutions would be considered
the weakest?
A. visible involvement and action by lead-
ership
D. use of color-coded labels that are
B. standardizing processes as much as
readily seen by staff
possible
C. creating access barriers to high-risk
medications
D. use of color-coded labels that are
readily seen by staff
Which of the following is emphasized in
crew resource management?
A. care standards
B. team leadership
B. team leadership
C. caregiver burnout
D. health literacy
10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a
patient required renal dialysis. A patient
safety professional and other leaders are
discussing what to disclose to the pa-
tient. In addition to an apology, critical
components of disclosure include
A. a commitment to investigate what hap-
A. a commitment to investigate what hap-
pened and how future errors will be pre-
pened and how future errors will be pre-
vented.
vented.
B. who was involved, when it happened,
and how often medication errors occur.
C. plans for staff disciplinary action,
physician disciplinary action, and a plan
for education.
D. history of pharmacy transcription er-
, CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
rors, and the plan to implement an elec-
tronic health record.
Results from recent tests were not in-
cluded in a patient transfer from one fa-
cility to another, resulting in an adverse
event. Which of the following is the most
common cause of this type of harm? A. inadequate information flow
A. inadequate information flow
B. inattentional blindness
C. normalized deviance
D. insufficient staffing
A healthcare organization is introducing
a new medication administration barcod-
ing system. Which of the following is the
most significant indicator of successful
implementation?
B. bar code scanning compliance
A. order accuracy for high-risk medica-
tions
B. bar code scanning compliance
C. nursing bar coding knowledge
D. bar coding performance goal setting
A manager demonstrates adherence to
the principles of a just culture by apply-
ing which of the following types of deci-
sion-making frameworks?
D. risk-based
A. harm-based
B. outcome-focused
C. equity-focused
D. risk-based
When interpreting data after a safety
event, which of the following is true?
A. Identifying human error results in a
D. Causes are constructed from the in-
deep understanding of the event and its
vestigation and analysis.
causes.
B. Comparing actions taken to proce-
dures and rules will explain the behav-
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
In preparation for new antimicrobial
stewardship regulatory requirements, a
hospital is creating an antimicrobial
stewardship committee. What should be
the first step in supporting this new pa-
tient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts
to gain insight on different compliance C. Partner with key stakeholders to per-
issues. form a gap analysis of current state to
B. Work with information technology (IT) ideal state.
to build antibiotic indication and time-out
screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to per-
form a gap analysis of current state to
ideal state.
D. Review the past year's data to identify
the most commonly grown pathogens.
After implementing a new product re-
call system, a hospital was alerted to
a high-risk medication recall. This med-
ication is in stock in the emergency de-
partment and oncology unit. To ensure
the effectiveness of the new system, a
patient safety professional should:
A. require individual departments to ver-
ify that a search for the recalled medica- B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the
tion was performed. recalled medication was sequestered.
B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the
recalled medication was sequestered.
C. reconcile the number of doses ad-
ministered to the number of doses pur-
chased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to re-
move recalled meds and to post recall
notices in the units
An organization is implementing a stan-
dardized surgical safety checklist and
, CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
encounters resistance from the perioper-
ative staff. To improve staff engagement,
a patient safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the imple-
mentation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use
B. present evidence that checklist use
reduces practice variability.
reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is respon-
sible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to
nursing.
An organization has achieved 92% com-
pliance with a process measure. The pa-
tient safety professional believes that the
processes in place are not reliable or that
the results are attributable to luck. Which
of the following best describes this char- D. preoccupation with failure
acteristic?
A. appreciative inquiry
B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure
A just culture framework provides a
means to address behaviors that under-
mine a culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are differentiated
from consciously chosen acts.
B. preservation of highly valued team D. the organizational response to inves-
members is a primary goal. tigated events is independent of patient
C. the evaluative process does not con- outcome.
sider personal performance-shaping fac-
tors.
D. the organizational response to inves-
tigated events is independent of patient
outcome.
In process improvement, reducing varia-
tion improves
, CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
A. predictability of outcomes.
B. patient care processes.
A. predictability of outcomes.
C. frequency of poor results.
D. reluctance to simplify.
When creating action plans, which of the
following solutions would be considered
the weakest?
A. visible involvement and action by lead-
ership
D. use of color-coded labels that are
B. standardizing processes as much as
readily seen by staff
possible
C. creating access barriers to high-risk
medications
D. use of color-coded labels that are
readily seen by staff
Which of the following is emphasized in
crew resource management?
A. care standards
B. team leadership
B. team leadership
C. caregiver burnout
D. health literacy
10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a
patient required renal dialysis. A patient
safety professional and other leaders are
discussing what to disclose to the pa-
tient. In addition to an apology, critical
components of disclosure include
A. a commitment to investigate what hap-
A. a commitment to investigate what hap-
pened and how future errors will be pre-
pened and how future errors will be pre-
vented.
vented.
B. who was involved, when it happened,
and how often medication errors occur.
C. plans for staff disciplinary action,
physician disciplinary action, and a plan
for education.
D. history of pharmacy transcription er-
, CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAI
ANSWERS/NEWEST UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
rors, and the plan to implement an elec-
tronic health record.
Results from recent tests were not in-
cluded in a patient transfer from one fa-
cility to another, resulting in an adverse
event. Which of the following is the most
common cause of this type of harm? A. inadequate information flow
A. inadequate information flow
B. inattentional blindness
C. normalized deviance
D. insufficient staffing
A healthcare organization is introducing
a new medication administration barcod-
ing system. Which of the following is the
most significant indicator of successful
implementation?
B. bar code scanning compliance
A. order accuracy for high-risk medica-
tions
B. bar code scanning compliance
C. nursing bar coding knowledge
D. bar coding performance goal setting
A manager demonstrates adherence to
the principles of a just culture by apply-
ing which of the following types of deci-
sion-making frameworks?
D. risk-based
A. harm-based
B. outcome-focused
C. equity-focused
D. risk-based
When interpreting data after a safety
event, which of the following is true?
A. Identifying human error results in a
D. Causes are constructed from the in-
deep understanding of the event and its
vestigation and analysis.
causes.
B. Comparing actions taken to proce-
dures and rules will explain the behav-
