HOSMERIT
NUR1020 MODULE 6 EXAM QUESTION & ANSWERS
GRADED A+ (LATEST UPDATE) 2024/2025
Safety (CORRECT ANSWERS) freedom from accidental injury (patientstay free of
complications and expected outcomes reached)
the national patient safety foundation (CORRECT ANSWERS)
independent, not for profit organization with a mission to improve the safety of all patients,
prevention of health care errors and elimination ofpatient injury caused by healthcare errors
Institute of Medicine (CORRECT ANSWERS) defines safety as:freedom from accidental
injury
adverse event (CORRECT ANSWERS) Event that results in unintendedharm to the patient
by an act of commission or omission rather than by the underlying disease or condition of the
patient. ex. Disability
near miss (CORRECT ANSWERS) An error of commission or omissionthat could have
harmed the patient, but serious harm did not occur as a result of chance, prevention, or mitigation
sentinel event (CORRECT ANSWERS) unexpected occurrenceinvolving death or serious
injury
diagnostic error (CORRECT ANSWERS) failure to detect an actualunhealthy behavior or
condition
treatment errors (CORRECT ANSWERS) occur in the performance of an operation,
procedure, or test; in the administration of a treatment; in the dose or method of administering a
drug; or in avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal test result
preventative errors (CORRECT ANSWERS) occur when there arefailures to provide any of
the following: prophylactic treatment,
, adequate monitoring, or follow-up treatment
communication failure (CORRECT ANSWERS) can lead to many typesof errors by employing a
standardized system for classifying different types of errors
culture of safety (CORRECT ANSWERS) describes core values andbehaviors that come
about when there is a collective and continuouscommitment by organizational leaders, managers,
and healthcare workers to emphasize safety over completing a goal
patient safety goals (CORRECT ANSWERS) identify patients correctly, improve staff
communication, use medication safely, prevent infection, identify patient safety risks, prevent
mistakes in surgery
what needs to be done to accomplish joint commissions national safety goals of improving
accuracy of patient identification (CORRECT ANSWERS) two patient identifiers (name and
date of birth), never roomnumber
RACE (CORRECT ANSWERS) used in case of a fire (Rescue, Alarm,Confire,
Extinguish/Evacuate)
Rescue (CORRECT ANSWERS) remove people from the area that arein danger
alarm (CORRECT ANSWERS) sound the alarm
contain (CORRECT ANSWERS) close windows, doors, and keepunauthorized people out of
danger
Extinguish/Evacuate (CORRECT ANSWERS) small fires can be
extinguished, or evacuate. only try to put out fires smaller than you
PASS fire extinguisher safety (CORRECT ANSWERS) Pull pin, aimnozel at base of fire,
squeeze the lever, sweep side to side to spray
NUR1020 MODULE 6 EXAM QUESTION & ANSWERS
GRADED A+ (LATEST UPDATE) 2024/2025
Safety (CORRECT ANSWERS) freedom from accidental injury (patientstay free of
complications and expected outcomes reached)
the national patient safety foundation (CORRECT ANSWERS)
independent, not for profit organization with a mission to improve the safety of all patients,
prevention of health care errors and elimination ofpatient injury caused by healthcare errors
Institute of Medicine (CORRECT ANSWERS) defines safety as:freedom from accidental
injury
adverse event (CORRECT ANSWERS) Event that results in unintendedharm to the patient
by an act of commission or omission rather than by the underlying disease or condition of the
patient. ex. Disability
near miss (CORRECT ANSWERS) An error of commission or omissionthat could have
harmed the patient, but serious harm did not occur as a result of chance, prevention, or mitigation
sentinel event (CORRECT ANSWERS) unexpected occurrenceinvolving death or serious
injury
diagnostic error (CORRECT ANSWERS) failure to detect an actualunhealthy behavior or
condition
treatment errors (CORRECT ANSWERS) occur in the performance of an operation,
procedure, or test; in the administration of a treatment; in the dose or method of administering a
drug; or in avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal test result
preventative errors (CORRECT ANSWERS) occur when there arefailures to provide any of
the following: prophylactic treatment,
, adequate monitoring, or follow-up treatment
communication failure (CORRECT ANSWERS) can lead to many typesof errors by employing a
standardized system for classifying different types of errors
culture of safety (CORRECT ANSWERS) describes core values andbehaviors that come
about when there is a collective and continuouscommitment by organizational leaders, managers,
and healthcare workers to emphasize safety over completing a goal
patient safety goals (CORRECT ANSWERS) identify patients correctly, improve staff
communication, use medication safely, prevent infection, identify patient safety risks, prevent
mistakes in surgery
what needs to be done to accomplish joint commissions national safety goals of improving
accuracy of patient identification (CORRECT ANSWERS) two patient identifiers (name and
date of birth), never roomnumber
RACE (CORRECT ANSWERS) used in case of a fire (Rescue, Alarm,Confire,
Extinguish/Evacuate)
Rescue (CORRECT ANSWERS) remove people from the area that arein danger
alarm (CORRECT ANSWERS) sound the alarm
contain (CORRECT ANSWERS) close windows, doors, and keepunauthorized people out of
danger
Extinguish/Evacuate (CORRECT ANSWERS) small fires can be
extinguished, or evacuate. only try to put out fires smaller than you
PASS fire extinguisher safety (CORRECT ANSWERS) Pull pin, aimnozel at base of fire,
squeeze the lever, sweep side to side to spray
