EDAC Study Guide 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
List four major stakeholders in a healthcare facility and the purpose that facility serves for each
of them. - CORRECT ANSWER - "1Patients and families - healing environment
2Staff - work environment
3Providers of healthcare - business environment
4Community and organization - cultural environment
"
Define evidence-based design. - CORRECT ANSWER - EBD is the process of basing
decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible outcomes
List the seven major trends facing healthcare today. - CORRECT ANSWER - "1. Public
focus on quality and safety
2. Reimbursement challenges
3. Aging population and caregiver shortages
4. Health information technology
5. Genomics and technology
6. Emergency room saturation and disaster preparedness
7. Sustainable healthcare
"
EBD can positively influence the current trends and challenges healthcare faces by... -
CORRECT ANSWER - "- reducing medical errors and therefore cost of care
- improving satisfaction and efficiency of caregivers thus helping employee recruitment and
retention
- designing a physical environment supportive of new IT and work processes
- providing innovative, adaptable designs maximizing disaster response
, "
HAI is a ______(a)_______ and is now more generically referred to as ______(b)______. -
CORRECT ANSWER - "a. Hospital-Acquired Infection
b. Healthcare-Associated Infection
"
An HAI is defined as... - CORRECT ANSWER - ...an infection that a patient acquires
during the course of receiving treatment for another condition within a healthcare setting.
List the two major factors that increased healthcare costs in the US ares associated with. -
CORRECT ANSWER - "1. Increased life expectancy
2. Cost of new medical technology
"
"Ch1Q1: Evidence-based design is the process of basing decisions about _______ on credible
research to achieve the best possible outcomes.
a. patient outcomes
b. the built environment
c. nursing staff-to-patient ratios" - CORRECT ANSWER - b. the built environment
"Ch1Q2: Which of the following clinical and safety outcomes are not typically affected by the
design of the physical health environment?
a. medical errors
b. adverse reactions to drugs
c. hospital-acquired infections" - CORRECT ANSWER - b. adverse reactions to drugs
Ch1Q3: True or False: Employee turnover rates may be influenced by the physical design of a
healthcare facility? - CORRECT ANSWER - TRUE
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
List four major stakeholders in a healthcare facility and the purpose that facility serves for each
of them. - CORRECT ANSWER - "1Patients and families - healing environment
2Staff - work environment
3Providers of healthcare - business environment
4Community and organization - cultural environment
"
Define evidence-based design. - CORRECT ANSWER - EBD is the process of basing
decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible outcomes
List the seven major trends facing healthcare today. - CORRECT ANSWER - "1. Public
focus on quality and safety
2. Reimbursement challenges
3. Aging population and caregiver shortages
4. Health information technology
5. Genomics and technology
6. Emergency room saturation and disaster preparedness
7. Sustainable healthcare
"
EBD can positively influence the current trends and challenges healthcare faces by... -
CORRECT ANSWER - "- reducing medical errors and therefore cost of care
- improving satisfaction and efficiency of caregivers thus helping employee recruitment and
retention
- designing a physical environment supportive of new IT and work processes
- providing innovative, adaptable designs maximizing disaster response
, "
HAI is a ______(a)_______ and is now more generically referred to as ______(b)______. -
CORRECT ANSWER - "a. Hospital-Acquired Infection
b. Healthcare-Associated Infection
"
An HAI is defined as... - CORRECT ANSWER - ...an infection that a patient acquires
during the course of receiving treatment for another condition within a healthcare setting.
List the two major factors that increased healthcare costs in the US ares associated with. -
CORRECT ANSWER - "1. Increased life expectancy
2. Cost of new medical technology
"
"Ch1Q1: Evidence-based design is the process of basing decisions about _______ on credible
research to achieve the best possible outcomes.
a. patient outcomes
b. the built environment
c. nursing staff-to-patient ratios" - CORRECT ANSWER - b. the built environment
"Ch1Q2: Which of the following clinical and safety outcomes are not typically affected by the
design of the physical health environment?
a. medical errors
b. adverse reactions to drugs
c. hospital-acquired infections" - CORRECT ANSWER - b. adverse reactions to drugs
Ch1Q3: True or False: Employee turnover rates may be influenced by the physical design of a
healthcare facility? - CORRECT ANSWER - TRUE
