PS101: Introduction to Patient Safety
Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
How many new drugs does the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
approve every year?
A. Less than 10
B. 10 to 20
C. More than 20 - Correct answer-C
In 2017, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research approved 46 novel
drugs. The ten-year graph below shows that from 2008 through 2016, it averaged
about 31 new drug approvals per year.
Janet is especially busy because one of her colleagues called out sick, and she
needs to collect blood samples for four patients. She collects one sample, and
before she gets a chance to label it, another patient in an emergency situation needs
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, her help. She leaves the unlabeled specimen on the nurses' station for a moment.
When Janet returns, there is a second unlabeled vial of blood at the nurses' station.
She realizes another nurse was obtaining blood samples and was also called away.
Neither nurse knows which vial belongs to which patient.
What about this scenario seems to make an adverse event likely to occur? (Choose
all that apply.)
A. Janet is not trying hard enough at her job.
B. Janet is juggling multiple tasks at once.
C. Janet was interrupted in the middle of a task with inherent room for error.
D. There are not enough staff members to keep up with the demands of care. -
Correct answer-B, C, D
A patient is scheduled for surgery on her left leg. Initially, an intern prepares the
patient by marking the correct surgical site on the dressing on the leg. The intern's
teammate removes the dressing, but addresses the problem by marking the surgical
site on the patient's skin. However, he uses a water-soluble marker. The ink
becomes smeared and illegible. The attending surgeon is new and not familiar with
the hospital's marking procedures. Meanwhile, the nurses helping with the surgery
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Exam 2026 Questions and Answers
How many new drugs does the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
approve every year?
A. Less than 10
B. 10 to 20
C. More than 20 - Correct answer-C
In 2017, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research approved 46 novel
drugs. The ten-year graph below shows that from 2008 through 2016, it averaged
about 31 new drug approvals per year.
Janet is especially busy because one of her colleagues called out sick, and she
needs to collect blood samples for four patients. She collects one sample, and
before she gets a chance to label it, another patient in an emergency situation needs
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, her help. She leaves the unlabeled specimen on the nurses' station for a moment.
When Janet returns, there is a second unlabeled vial of blood at the nurses' station.
She realizes another nurse was obtaining blood samples and was also called away.
Neither nurse knows which vial belongs to which patient.
What about this scenario seems to make an adverse event likely to occur? (Choose
all that apply.)
A. Janet is not trying hard enough at her job.
B. Janet is juggling multiple tasks at once.
C. Janet was interrupted in the middle of a task with inherent room for error.
D. There are not enough staff members to keep up with the demands of care. -
Correct answer-B, C, D
A patient is scheduled for surgery on her left leg. Initially, an intern prepares the
patient by marking the correct surgical site on the dressing on the leg. The intern's
teammate removes the dressing, but addresses the problem by marking the surgical
site on the patient's skin. However, he uses a water-soluble marker. The ink
becomes smeared and illegible. The attending surgeon is new and not familiar with
the hospital's marking procedures. Meanwhile, the nurses helping with the surgery
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