CPPS Actual Exam NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
The instrument count is incorrect at the conclusion of a surgical procedure. The hospital policy
does not stipulate that the surgeon remain on the premises until an x-ray is obtained. The
surgeon leaves the hospital to catch a flight. The x-ray reveals a retained instrument. Another
surgeon is contacted to remove the retained instrument. What should leadership do next? -
CORRECT ANSWER- a. Create a process map of how instruments are managed during surgery
looking for latent flaws
b. Revise the hospital policy to make it clear that surgeons must stay in the OR until instrument
count issues are resolved
c. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a surgeon using appropriate
accountability system
d. Reeducate the OR nursing staff on keeping track of instruments on the sterile field
The answer is C. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a surgeon using
appropriate accountability system - CORRECT ANSWER-
, A nurse on a medical-surgical unit does not comply with barcode medication administration
(BCMA) while caring for one of her patients. What should her supervisor do? - CORRECT
ANSWER- a. Ask staff if there are adequate scanners to meet their needs
b. Counsel the nurse on the importance of following policy
c. Request that the pharmacy run a report of BCMA compliance rates of the unit
d. Ask the nurse what was occurring at the time, and why she chose to bypass the policy
The answer is D. Ask the nurse what was occurring at the time, and why she chose to bypass
the policy - CORRECT ANSWER-
You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify appropriate
events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best opportunity for an
RCA? - CORRECT ANSWER- a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a skin tear from the
tape
b. A patient with no known allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic
requiring transfer to ICU.
c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after the procedure
d. There have been 3 occurrences of depressed respirations in the same department in the last
4 months related to sedation
The answer is C. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after
the procedure - CORRECT ANSWER-
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
The instrument count is incorrect at the conclusion of a surgical procedure. The hospital policy
does not stipulate that the surgeon remain on the premises until an x-ray is obtained. The
surgeon leaves the hospital to catch a flight. The x-ray reveals a retained instrument. Another
surgeon is contacted to remove the retained instrument. What should leadership do next? -
CORRECT ANSWER- a. Create a process map of how instruments are managed during surgery
looking for latent flaws
b. Revise the hospital policy to make it clear that surgeons must stay in the OR until instrument
count issues are resolved
c. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a surgeon using appropriate
accountability system
d. Reeducate the OR nursing staff on keeping track of instruments on the sterile field
The answer is C. Counsel the surgeon about customary clinical standards for a surgeon using
appropriate accountability system - CORRECT ANSWER-
, A nurse on a medical-surgical unit does not comply with barcode medication administration
(BCMA) while caring for one of her patients. What should her supervisor do? - CORRECT
ANSWER- a. Ask staff if there are adequate scanners to meet their needs
b. Counsel the nurse on the importance of following policy
c. Request that the pharmacy run a report of BCMA compliance rates of the unit
d. Ask the nurse what was occurring at the time, and why she chose to bypass the policy
The answer is D. Ask the nurse what was occurring at the time, and why she chose to bypass
the policy - CORRECT ANSWER-
You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify appropriate
events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best opportunity for an
RCA? - CORRECT ANSWER- a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a skin tear from the
tape
b. A patient with no known allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic
requiring transfer to ICU.
c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after the procedure
d. There have been 3 occurrences of depressed respirations in the same department in the last
4 months related to sedation
The answer is C. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after
the procedure - CORRECT ANSWER-
