GRADED A+ MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
CONCEPTS EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED
◉ Define: Critical rescue. Answer: Need for action for potential or
actual-life threatening problems
◉ Define: Action alert. Answer: Focuses on the need for action but
no life-threatening situations
◉ Define: Drug alert. Answer: Ensures safety related to drug
administration, monitoring, or education
◉ What should wear during medication administration to reduce
interruptions & minimize errors?. Answer: Medication safety vest
◉ What did the TJC publish in 2002?. Answer: National patient
safety goals (NPSG)
◉ Define: NPSG. Answer: Address high-risk issues such as...
1.) Safe drug administration
2.) Prevention of health-care infection
,3.) Communication effectiveness among the inter-professional team
◉ What does the TJC require health care organizations to create?.
Answer: Culture of safety
◉ Define: Culture of Safety. Answer: Provides a blame-free approach
to improving care in high-risk, error-prone health care settings using
interprofessional collaboration
◉ How much do medication vests decrease errors?. Answer: By 88%
◉ What knowledge & skills are needed for the competency of
teamwork & collaboration?. Answer: Effective communication &
team functioning
◉ What is an essential process for evaluating patient care using an
interprofessional plan?. Answer: Communication
◉ Who published the latest competencies to guide health
professionals in education & practice in 2016?. Answer:
Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Expert Panel
, ◉ What are the 4 major IPEC competencies to guide health
professionals in education & practice?. Answer: Values/ethics for
interprofessional practice
Role-responsibilities
Interprofessional communication
Teams & teamwork
◉ Define: Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice. Answer:
Work with others to maintain a climate of mutual respect & shared
values
◉ Define: Role-responsibilities. Answer: Use of knowledge of role to
appropriately assess & address health care needs of the patients and
populations served
◉ Define: Interprofessional communication. Answer: Communicate
in a responsive & responsible manner that supports a team
approach to the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease
◉ Define: Teams & teamwork. Answer: Apply relationship-building
values along with team dynamics
◉ What are two examples of teamwork & collaboration?. Answer:
Communication
CONCEPTS EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED
◉ Define: Critical rescue. Answer: Need for action for potential or
actual-life threatening problems
◉ Define: Action alert. Answer: Focuses on the need for action but
no life-threatening situations
◉ Define: Drug alert. Answer: Ensures safety related to drug
administration, monitoring, or education
◉ What should wear during medication administration to reduce
interruptions & minimize errors?. Answer: Medication safety vest
◉ What did the TJC publish in 2002?. Answer: National patient
safety goals (NPSG)
◉ Define: NPSG. Answer: Address high-risk issues such as...
1.) Safe drug administration
2.) Prevention of health-care infection
,3.) Communication effectiveness among the inter-professional team
◉ What does the TJC require health care organizations to create?.
Answer: Culture of safety
◉ Define: Culture of Safety. Answer: Provides a blame-free approach
to improving care in high-risk, error-prone health care settings using
interprofessional collaboration
◉ How much do medication vests decrease errors?. Answer: By 88%
◉ What knowledge & skills are needed for the competency of
teamwork & collaboration?. Answer: Effective communication &
team functioning
◉ What is an essential process for evaluating patient care using an
interprofessional plan?. Answer: Communication
◉ Who published the latest competencies to guide health
professionals in education & practice in 2016?. Answer:
Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Expert Panel
, ◉ What are the 4 major IPEC competencies to guide health
professionals in education & practice?. Answer: Values/ethics for
interprofessional practice
Role-responsibilities
Interprofessional communication
Teams & teamwork
◉ Define: Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice. Answer:
Work with others to maintain a climate of mutual respect & shared
values
◉ Define: Role-responsibilities. Answer: Use of knowledge of role to
appropriately assess & address health care needs of the patients and
populations served
◉ Define: Interprofessional communication. Answer: Communicate
in a responsive & responsible manner that supports a team
approach to the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease
◉ Define: Teams & teamwork. Answer: Apply relationship-building
values along with team dynamics
◉ What are two examples of teamwork & collaboration?. Answer:
Communication
