NURS 414- WEEK 6 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED A
COMPLETE SOLUTION BEST RANKED TO SCORE A+ FOR
SUCCESS
Adverse Event - CORRECT ANSWERS -Unintended injury or complication that results in
disability at the time of discharge, death or prolonged hospital stay
-Caused by health care management rather than the patient's underlying disease process
What year did the Adverse Events Study happen? - CORRECT ANSWERS 2004
Adverse events stats - CORRECT ANSWERS -Affects 1/13 adult patients
-Results in 9-24,000 deaths/year
-Causes 1 million+ unnecessary hospital days
-Costs $397 million
-37% of adverse events were highly preventable
Who completed a similar study in 2016? - CORRECT ANSWERS Canadian Institute for
Health Information (CIHI)
What were the results from this study? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Same findings as the
adverse study completed previously
-Due to medication, HAI
-Numbers are increasing
-Events are typically underreported because the stat is based on chart review so if they don't
chart about it it doesn't count
Quality Improvement - CORRECT ANSWERS The process of identifying areas for
change/improvement and implementing those changes to have better outcomes (nursing,
patient, care outcomes)
, NURS 414- WEEK 6 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED A
COMPLETE SOLUTION BEST RANKED TO SCORE A+ FOR
SUCCESS
Total Quality Improvement/Management (TQM) - CORRECT ANSWERS Having a focus
on patient care, patient safety, and resource use. Prevent errors and improve value
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - CORRECT ANSWERS The process is
continuous; products/services can always be improved
Quality Assurance (QA) - CORRECT ANSWERS Determine if the process meets specified
requirements
Risk Management - CORRECT ANSWERS -Systematic identification, assessment, and
prioritization of risks and then developing/implementing strategies to reduce adverse
events/liability associated with risks
-Major focus on patient safety
Near event - CORRECT ANSWERS -Errors that are clearly identifiable, preventable, and
serious in consequences
-E.g., wrong body part surgery, foreign body left in, mismatched transfusion...
Sentinel Event - CORRECT ANSWERS -A serious, unexpected occurrence that involving
death or harm (phys/psycho)
-E.g., inpatient suicide, infant abduction, wrong-site surgery
-VERY SERIOUS
Near Miss - CORRECT ANSWERS -Situation resulted in no harm but highlights a
problem that must be corrected
VERIFIED/DETAILED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED A
COMPLETE SOLUTION BEST RANKED TO SCORE A+ FOR
SUCCESS
Adverse Event - CORRECT ANSWERS -Unintended injury or complication that results in
disability at the time of discharge, death or prolonged hospital stay
-Caused by health care management rather than the patient's underlying disease process
What year did the Adverse Events Study happen? - CORRECT ANSWERS 2004
Adverse events stats - CORRECT ANSWERS -Affects 1/13 adult patients
-Results in 9-24,000 deaths/year
-Causes 1 million+ unnecessary hospital days
-Costs $397 million
-37% of adverse events were highly preventable
Who completed a similar study in 2016? - CORRECT ANSWERS Canadian Institute for
Health Information (CIHI)
What were the results from this study? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Same findings as the
adverse study completed previously
-Due to medication, HAI
-Numbers are increasing
-Events are typically underreported because the stat is based on chart review so if they don't
chart about it it doesn't count
Quality Improvement - CORRECT ANSWERS The process of identifying areas for
change/improvement and implementing those changes to have better outcomes (nursing,
patient, care outcomes)
, NURS 414- WEEK 6 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED A
COMPLETE SOLUTION BEST RANKED TO SCORE A+ FOR
SUCCESS
Total Quality Improvement/Management (TQM) - CORRECT ANSWERS Having a focus
on patient care, patient safety, and resource use. Prevent errors and improve value
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - CORRECT ANSWERS The process is
continuous; products/services can always be improved
Quality Assurance (QA) - CORRECT ANSWERS Determine if the process meets specified
requirements
Risk Management - CORRECT ANSWERS -Systematic identification, assessment, and
prioritization of risks and then developing/implementing strategies to reduce adverse
events/liability associated with risks
-Major focus on patient safety
Near event - CORRECT ANSWERS -Errors that are clearly identifiable, preventable, and
serious in consequences
-E.g., wrong body part surgery, foreign body left in, mismatched transfusion...
Sentinel Event - CORRECT ANSWERS -A serious, unexpected occurrence that involving
death or harm (phys/psycho)
-E.g., inpatient suicide, infant abduction, wrong-site surgery
-VERY SERIOUS
Near Miss - CORRECT ANSWERS -Situation resulted in no harm but highlights a
problem that must be corrected
