TRENDS, AND MANAGEMENT, 7TH EDITION WITH
COMPLETE GUIDE.
,CHERRY & JACOB: CONTEMPORARY
NURSING: ISSUES, TRENDS, AND
MANAGEMENT, 7TH EDITION WITH
COMPLETE GUIDE.
Chapter- 22:- Quality- Improvement- and- Patient- Safety
Cherry- &- Jacob:- Contemporary- Nursing:- Issues,- Trends,- and- Management,- 7th-
Edition
MULTIPLE- CHOICE- -- CORRECT- ANSWERS-- -
1.- A- nurse- is- preparing- to- administer- a- medication- by- using- the- vastus- lateralis-
site- and- is- unfamiliar- with- the- process.- A- step-by-step- reference- that- shows- how-
to- complete- the- process- is- called- a:
a.- deployment- flowchart.
b.- top-down- flowchart.
c.- Pareto- chart.
d.- control- plot.- -- CORRECT- ANSWERS-- - ANS:- B
A- top-down- flowchart- shows- the- sequence- of- steps- in- a- job- or- process- such- as-
medication- administration.
, DIF:- Comprehension- REF:- p.- 379- |p.- 388
2.- A- nonprofit- organization- that- distributes- to- governmental- agencies,- the- public,-
business,- and- health- care- professionals- knowledge- related- to- health- care- for- the-
purpose- of- improving- health- is- the:
a.- Institute- for- Safe- Medication- Practices.
b.- Institute- of- Medicine.
c.- National- Committee- for- Quality- Assurance.
d.- The- Joint- Commission.- -- CORRECT- ANSWERS-- - ANS:- B
The- Institute- of- Medicine- is- a- nonprofit- organization- whose- mission- is- to- advance-
and- disseminate- to- the- government,- the- corporate- sector,- the- professions,- and-
the- public- scientific- information- that- will- improve- human- health.
DIF:- Comprehension- REF:- pp.- 379-380
3.- A- nurse- is- removing- a- saturated- dressing- from- an- abdominal- incision- and- must-
cut- the- tape- to- remove- the- dressing.- The- nurse- accidentally- cuts- the- sutures-
holding- the- incision,- and- evisceration- occurs.- In- quality- improvement,- this- incident-
is- best- identified- as- a:
a.- root- cause.
b.- sentinel- event.
c.- variation- in- performance.
d.- causal- factor.- -- CORRECT- ANSWERS-- - ANS:- B
A- sentinel- event- is- an- unexpected- occurrence- that- could- result- in- serious- physical-
or- psychological- injury- to- the- patient,- including- the- possibility- of- returning- to-
surgery- and- a- prolonged- length- of- stay.