National Patient Safety Goals Test Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Helps ensure quality health care through the setting. - ANSWER -National Patient Safety
development of standards for patient safety. - Goals (NPSG)
ANSWER -The Joint Commission
An unexpected patient/resident occurrence that
Undergo review by the Joint Commission to results in, or could result in, death or serious
ensure that health care facilities comply with the harm to the patient/resident. The purpose of
standards and regulations set forth from the Joint reporting and investigating sentinel events is to
Commission and Centers for Medicare and improve the quality of patient/resident care by
Medicaid Services (CMS). - ANSWER - focusing attention on underlying causes and risk
Health care facilities reduction and to increase the general knowledge
about sentinel events, their causes and
prevention. the reporting is not punitive. -
Is reviewed and if the facility meets the criteria, ANSWER -A sentinel event
then it will receive an accreditation, which is
renewable every three years. - ANSWER -
Each facility Identify specific sentinel events, describes their
common underlying causes, and suggests steps
to prevent occurrences in the future. the Joint
promote specific improvement in patient safety. Commission uses Sentinel Event Alerts to
NPSGs are important to the delivery of safe, high identify potential new Safety Goals and
quality health care. - ANSWER -National Requirements. - ANSWER -Sentinel Event
Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) Alerts
If followed, they will help to prevent injury and 1. Independent, nonprofit organization with a
harm to our patients. - ANSWER -NPSG mission to improve the safety of care for all
patients.
2. Defines safety as the prevention of healthcare
are inherent to a culture of safety. - errors and the elimination or mitigation of patient
injury caused by health care errors.
ANSWER -Safety goals
3. Health care errors are defined as an
unintended health care outcome caused by a
defect in the delivery of care to a patient. -
Is central to the Joint Commission review. -
ANSWER -National Patient Safety
ANSWER -Patient safety
Foundation
These goals address identified problematic areas
1. Panel of widely recognized patient safety
across health care. Patient safety is everyone's
experts
responsibility. Also, following NPSG's helps
a. Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk
educate the community on how healthcare is
managers, clinical engineers, other professionals
promoting safety and seeking the prevention of
2. They have hands-on experience in addressing
injury. This should be done in every identified
patient safety issues in wide variety of health
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Answers Graded A+
Helps ensure quality health care through the setting. - ANSWER -National Patient Safety
development of standards for patient safety. - Goals (NPSG)
ANSWER -The Joint Commission
An unexpected patient/resident occurrence that
Undergo review by the Joint Commission to results in, or could result in, death or serious
ensure that health care facilities comply with the harm to the patient/resident. The purpose of
standards and regulations set forth from the Joint reporting and investigating sentinel events is to
Commission and Centers for Medicare and improve the quality of patient/resident care by
Medicaid Services (CMS). - ANSWER - focusing attention on underlying causes and risk
Health care facilities reduction and to increase the general knowledge
about sentinel events, their causes and
prevention. the reporting is not punitive. -
Is reviewed and if the facility meets the criteria, ANSWER -A sentinel event
then it will receive an accreditation, which is
renewable every three years. - ANSWER -
Each facility Identify specific sentinel events, describes their
common underlying causes, and suggests steps
to prevent occurrences in the future. the Joint
promote specific improvement in patient safety. Commission uses Sentinel Event Alerts to
NPSGs are important to the delivery of safe, high identify potential new Safety Goals and
quality health care. - ANSWER -National Requirements. - ANSWER -Sentinel Event
Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) Alerts
If followed, they will help to prevent injury and 1. Independent, nonprofit organization with a
harm to our patients. - ANSWER -NPSG mission to improve the safety of care for all
patients.
2. Defines safety as the prevention of healthcare
are inherent to a culture of safety. - errors and the elimination or mitigation of patient
injury caused by health care errors.
ANSWER -Safety goals
3. Health care errors are defined as an
unintended health care outcome caused by a
defect in the delivery of care to a patient. -
Is central to the Joint Commission review. -
ANSWER -National Patient Safety
ANSWER -Patient safety
Foundation
These goals address identified problematic areas
1. Panel of widely recognized patient safety
across health care. Patient safety is everyone's
experts
responsibility. Also, following NPSG's helps
a. Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, risk
educate the community on how healthcare is
managers, clinical engineers, other professionals
promoting safety and seeking the prevention of
2. They have hands-on experience in addressing
injury. This should be done in every identified
patient safety issues in wide variety of health
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