NUR 2206 Exam 1 Latest Questions
and All Correct Answers.
What is patient safety? - Answer prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of errors
Why is patient safety important? - Answer •REDUCES THE RISK FOR ILLNESS & INJURY
•REDUCE LENGTH OF STAY (LOS)
•PROMOTES PATIENT WELL-BEING
•PROTECTS THE STAFF
TeamSTEPPS - Answer Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
SBAR - Answer Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
(a part of TeamSTEPPS)
Medical error - Answer the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the
use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim
Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) 6 competencies - Answer patient-centered
care, teamwork/collaboration, EBP, quality improvement, safety, informatics
KSAs - Answer knowledge, skills, attitudes
Adverse Event (AE) - Answer injury caused by medical care
Adverse Drug Event (ADE) - Answer adverse event involving medication use (allergic reaction,
side effects not expected)
Sentinel Event - Answer adverse event that causes death or serious harm to patient; usually
event is not expected/anticipated (fall and break a hip)
Medication Errors - Answer preventable event related to mistake in prescribing, dispensing,
and/or administering medications
,Root Cause Analysis - Answer process of identifying the cause and factors contributing to
adverse events; identifying underlying problems that increase the likelihood of errors while
avoiding focusing mistakes by individuals
Reporting of Errors - Answer Blame-free, non-punitive reporting systems aimed at
decreasing errors and improving quality care and patient safety
Communication - Answer Interprofessional communication (IPC) and SBAR
Organizational error reporting systems - Answer data from errors is shared with the team
Rounding - Answer pain, potty, position; check on patients frequently
Huddles - Answer group meetings before and during shift
Peer checking - Answer help out your peers
Checklists - Answer safety strategy to ensure completing every task
Mnemonics - Answer help remember tasks and eliminate errors
60 second situational awareness - Answer what to look for when you first walk into the
patient's room (IV lines, clutter, call button, etc.)
Safety enhancing techniques - Answer bar coding, computer provider order entry (CPOE),
smart pumps, automatic alerts
Culture of safety key elements - Answer leadership, environment, communication
just culture - Answer blame free environment to encourage error reporting
I'M SAFE (TeamSTEPPS checklist) - Answer illness, meds, stress, alcohol/drugs, fatigue,
eating/elimination; checklist for you to evaluate your ability to safely care for patients
When a fire occurs in a patient's room, which of the following would be the nurse's priority
action?
, a. Rescue the patient.
b. Extinguish the fire.
c. Sound the alarm.
d. Run for help. - Answer a. Rescue the patient
The nurse is planning a health teaching session for new parents about poisoning emergencies.
Which of the following would the nurse emphasize that the parents do first?
a. Use salt water to induce vomiting
b. Rush the child to the ED
c. Call the poison control center
d. Routinely administer syrup of ipecac for any poison ingestion - Answer c. Call the poison
control center
When discussing home safety with the nurse, a patient admits that she always smokes a
cigarette in bed before falling asleep at night. Which nursing diagnosis would be the priority for
this patient?
a. Impaired gas exchange r/t cigarette smoking
b. Anxiety r/t inability to stop smoking
c. Risk for suffocation r/t unfamiliarity with fire prevention guidelines
d. Deficient knowledge r/t lack of following through with recommendation to stop smoking -
Answer c. Risk for suffocation r/t unfamiliarity with fire prevention guidelines
A nurse is assessing four children. Which child would the nurse identify as having the greatest
risk for choking and suffocating?
a. A toddler playing with his 9-year-old brother's construction set.
b. A 4-year-old eating yogurt for lunch
c. An infant covered with a small blanket asleep in the crib
d. A 3-year-old drinking a glass of juice - Answer Choking: a. A toddler playing with his 9-
year-old brother's construction set.
Suffocation: c. An infant covered with a small blanket asleep in the crib
Nursing education efforts that focus on prevention of firearm injuries are important because:
a. The elderly population is particularly at risk for firearm injuries
b. Most homicide victims, 10-24 years of age, are killed with a gun
c. The National Safety Council recommends a gun in every household to protect its members
d. These efforts have contributed to a decrease in injuries and death from guns - Answer d.
These efforts have contributed to a decrease in injuries and death from guns
and All Correct Answers.
What is patient safety? - Answer prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of errors
Why is patient safety important? - Answer •REDUCES THE RISK FOR ILLNESS & INJURY
•REDUCE LENGTH OF STAY (LOS)
•PROMOTES PATIENT WELL-BEING
•PROTECTS THE STAFF
TeamSTEPPS - Answer Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
SBAR - Answer Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
(a part of TeamSTEPPS)
Medical error - Answer the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the
use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim
Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) 6 competencies - Answer patient-centered
care, teamwork/collaboration, EBP, quality improvement, safety, informatics
KSAs - Answer knowledge, skills, attitudes
Adverse Event (AE) - Answer injury caused by medical care
Adverse Drug Event (ADE) - Answer adverse event involving medication use (allergic reaction,
side effects not expected)
Sentinel Event - Answer adverse event that causes death or serious harm to patient; usually
event is not expected/anticipated (fall and break a hip)
Medication Errors - Answer preventable event related to mistake in prescribing, dispensing,
and/or administering medications
,Root Cause Analysis - Answer process of identifying the cause and factors contributing to
adverse events; identifying underlying problems that increase the likelihood of errors while
avoiding focusing mistakes by individuals
Reporting of Errors - Answer Blame-free, non-punitive reporting systems aimed at
decreasing errors and improving quality care and patient safety
Communication - Answer Interprofessional communication (IPC) and SBAR
Organizational error reporting systems - Answer data from errors is shared with the team
Rounding - Answer pain, potty, position; check on patients frequently
Huddles - Answer group meetings before and during shift
Peer checking - Answer help out your peers
Checklists - Answer safety strategy to ensure completing every task
Mnemonics - Answer help remember tasks and eliminate errors
60 second situational awareness - Answer what to look for when you first walk into the
patient's room (IV lines, clutter, call button, etc.)
Safety enhancing techniques - Answer bar coding, computer provider order entry (CPOE),
smart pumps, automatic alerts
Culture of safety key elements - Answer leadership, environment, communication
just culture - Answer blame free environment to encourage error reporting
I'M SAFE (TeamSTEPPS checklist) - Answer illness, meds, stress, alcohol/drugs, fatigue,
eating/elimination; checklist for you to evaluate your ability to safely care for patients
When a fire occurs in a patient's room, which of the following would be the nurse's priority
action?
, a. Rescue the patient.
b. Extinguish the fire.
c. Sound the alarm.
d. Run for help. - Answer a. Rescue the patient
The nurse is planning a health teaching session for new parents about poisoning emergencies.
Which of the following would the nurse emphasize that the parents do first?
a. Use salt water to induce vomiting
b. Rush the child to the ED
c. Call the poison control center
d. Routinely administer syrup of ipecac for any poison ingestion - Answer c. Call the poison
control center
When discussing home safety with the nurse, a patient admits that she always smokes a
cigarette in bed before falling asleep at night. Which nursing diagnosis would be the priority for
this patient?
a. Impaired gas exchange r/t cigarette smoking
b. Anxiety r/t inability to stop smoking
c. Risk for suffocation r/t unfamiliarity with fire prevention guidelines
d. Deficient knowledge r/t lack of following through with recommendation to stop smoking -
Answer c. Risk for suffocation r/t unfamiliarity with fire prevention guidelines
A nurse is assessing four children. Which child would the nurse identify as having the greatest
risk for choking and suffocating?
a. A toddler playing with his 9-year-old brother's construction set.
b. A 4-year-old eating yogurt for lunch
c. An infant covered with a small blanket asleep in the crib
d. A 3-year-old drinking a glass of juice - Answer Choking: a. A toddler playing with his 9-
year-old brother's construction set.
Suffocation: c. An infant covered with a small blanket asleep in the crib
Nursing education efforts that focus on prevention of firearm injuries are important because:
a. The elderly population is particularly at risk for firearm injuries
b. Most homicide victims, 10-24 years of age, are killed with a gun
c. The National Safety Council recommends a gun in every household to protect its members
d. These efforts have contributed to a decrease in injuries and death from guns - Answer d.
These efforts have contributed to a decrease in injuries and death from guns
