CPPS Actual Exam
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Therapeutic Crisis Intervention For Schools
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Your hospital implements patient safety WalkRounds as part of a series of changes to improve
safety. Six months after the implementation, informal staff feedback suggests inconsistency in
the WalkRounds' effectiveness.
As the patient safety professional charged with ensuring the success of the effort, what is the
best assessment technique to gain insight into current performance?
A.) Review information boards in the areas included in the WalkRounds to determine the scope
of issues raised.
B.) Discuss the informal feedback you have been receiving with the CEO.
C.) Gather data about the frequency and content of the WalkRounds to establish current
baseline performance.
D.) Survey staff and leaders about their views on patient safety WalkRounds. –
Correct Answer :D.) Survey staff and leaders about their views on patient safety WalkRounds.
Your hospital is considering implementing a robotic surgery program. As a patient safety
professional, you are concerned about the potential for patient injury associated with this new
technology.
The most appropriate tool or technique for assessing potential risks associated with
implementation of the new technology is:
A.) Meaningful use evaluation
B.) Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
C.) Patient safety leadership WalkRounds
D.) Root cause analysis (RCA) –
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Correct Answer :B.) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)The best answer is FMEA.
FMEA is a prospective risk reduction strategy; ideally, it is used before a new technology is
implemented to determine how the new technology might fail and cause harm. Patient safety
leadership WalkRounds are designed to help leaders gather facts about the care environment
and create positive relationships between staff and administration. Root cause analysis is a
retrospective tool; it is used after a harmful event or near miss to determine what went wrong.
Meaningful use evaluation is for evaluating the success of implementing an electronic health
record.
Your hospital's leadership is concerned about low safety culture survey scores in the category of
"communication openness." The percentage of positive responses related to questioning
someone with higher authority is well below national averages. The lead patient safety
professional has been asked to make recommendations on increasing the questioning of those
with higher authority.
To maximize risk reduction, when should staff be asked to stop and question a situation?
A.) When something doesn't seem right
B.) When a protocol was not followed
C.) When discrepancy has been confirmed
D.) When patient harm is likely –
Correct Answer :A.) When something doesn't seem right
Your organization is preparing to change to a new electronic health record. Many departments
have been involved with the planning for this huge effort.
What would you suggest as part of the preparation strategy?
A.) Suggest a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle.
B.) Offer to do a claims analysis for any related errors.
C.) Conduct a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
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D.) Conduct a root cause analysis (RCA). –
Correct Answer :C.) Conduct a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
Correct Answer:Conduct a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).FMEA would be valuable
step for anticipating gaps in the planning so that people can address potential problems before
implementing the new system. A PDSA cycle would be a good way to test and implement any
changes, but it wouldn't help diagnose problems.
Your organization utilizes a "home grown" electronic safety event reporting system that is no
longer meeting the needs of the organization. Hospital administration is asking for your opinion:
What would you do for next steps to identify a replacement system?
A.) Purchase the least expensive software.
B.) Ask Information Systems to either fix the old system or build a new one.
C.) Poll colleagues and purchase what they use.
D.) Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state. –
Correct Answer :D.) Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to
ideal state.
Performing a thorough search of available products that meet the standards for the organization
is the primary action you should take. Once the collated information is obtained, convening a
meeting with the key stakeholders (nursing, medicine, finance, patient safety, legal, etc.) to
determine the organizational needs in relation to the intended financial impact and return on
investment may be required.
Your patient safety team performs a root cause analysis on a recent wrong-side surgery event.
Which of the following action items reflects the highest level of reliability?
A.) Change the color of surgical site markers from black to red.
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B.) Implement a process in which the surgical technician holds the scalpel (and does not hand it
to the surgeon) until a timeout with all team members at attention has taken place.
C.) Educate surgeons to be present for surgical timeouts.
D.) Every month, perform multidisciplinary simulations empowering all staff to speak up for
safety. –
Correct Answer :B.)
Implement a process in which the surgical technician holds the scalpel (and does not hand it to
the surgeon) until a timeout with all team members at attention has taken place.
All of the following are factors that will define your parking product, EXCEPT:
a. Operating expenses.
b. Distance from the generator.
c. Rates.
d. Attendant on duty (or not). –
Correct Answer :Operating expenses.
Which of the following features is LEAST likely to be considered when looking at the security of a
new payroll system?
a. regular data back-up and storage
b. protection against computer viruses
c. limited system access
d. system edits –
Correct Answer :d. system edits
Company deadlines for payroll data input documents are essential for:
a. timely processing of the payroll
b. accurate entry of data
A+ TEST BANK 4
CPPS Actual Exam /CPPS Exam /TCIS-
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention For Schools
Practice Exam With Complete Questions And
Correct Answers with Deatailed Rationales
Graded A+
Your hospital implements patient safety WalkRounds as part of a series of changes to improve
safety. Six months after the implementation, informal staff feedback suggests inconsistency in
the WalkRounds' effectiveness.
As the patient safety professional charged with ensuring the success of the effort, what is the
best assessment technique to gain insight into current performance?
A.) Review information boards in the areas included in the WalkRounds to determine the scope
of issues raised.
B.) Discuss the informal feedback you have been receiving with the CEO.
C.) Gather data about the frequency and content of the WalkRounds to establish current
baseline performance.
D.) Survey staff and leaders about their views on patient safety WalkRounds. –
Correct Answer :D.) Survey staff and leaders about their views on patient safety WalkRounds.
Your hospital is considering implementing a robotic surgery program. As a patient safety
professional, you are concerned about the potential for patient injury associated with this new
technology.
The most appropriate tool or technique for assessing potential risks associated with
implementation of the new technology is:
A.) Meaningful use evaluation
B.) Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
C.) Patient safety leadership WalkRounds
D.) Root cause analysis (RCA) –
A+ TEST BANK 1
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Correct Answer :B.) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)The best answer is FMEA.
FMEA is a prospective risk reduction strategy; ideally, it is used before a new technology is
implemented to determine how the new technology might fail and cause harm. Patient safety
leadership WalkRounds are designed to help leaders gather facts about the care environment
and create positive relationships between staff and administration. Root cause analysis is a
retrospective tool; it is used after a harmful event or near miss to determine what went wrong.
Meaningful use evaluation is for evaluating the success of implementing an electronic health
record.
Your hospital's leadership is concerned about low safety culture survey scores in the category of
"communication openness." The percentage of positive responses related to questioning
someone with higher authority is well below national averages. The lead patient safety
professional has been asked to make recommendations on increasing the questioning of those
with higher authority.
To maximize risk reduction, when should staff be asked to stop and question a situation?
A.) When something doesn't seem right
B.) When a protocol was not followed
C.) When discrepancy has been confirmed
D.) When patient harm is likely –
Correct Answer :A.) When something doesn't seem right
Your organization is preparing to change to a new electronic health record. Many departments
have been involved with the planning for this huge effort.
What would you suggest as part of the preparation strategy?
A.) Suggest a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle.
B.) Offer to do a claims analysis for any related errors.
C.) Conduct a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
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D.) Conduct a root cause analysis (RCA). –
Correct Answer :C.) Conduct a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
Correct Answer:Conduct a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).FMEA would be valuable
step for anticipating gaps in the planning so that people can address potential problems before
implementing the new system. A PDSA cycle would be a good way to test and implement any
changes, but it wouldn't help diagnose problems.
Your organization utilizes a "home grown" electronic safety event reporting system that is no
longer meeting the needs of the organization. Hospital administration is asking for your opinion:
What would you do for next steps to identify a replacement system?
A.) Purchase the least expensive software.
B.) Ask Information Systems to either fix the old system or build a new one.
C.) Poll colleagues and purchase what they use.
D.) Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state. –
Correct Answer :D.) Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to
ideal state.
Performing a thorough search of available products that meet the standards for the organization
is the primary action you should take. Once the collated information is obtained, convening a
meeting with the key stakeholders (nursing, medicine, finance, patient safety, legal, etc.) to
determine the organizational needs in relation to the intended financial impact and return on
investment may be required.
Your patient safety team performs a root cause analysis on a recent wrong-side surgery event.
Which of the following action items reflects the highest level of reliability?
A.) Change the color of surgical site markers from black to red.
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B.) Implement a process in which the surgical technician holds the scalpel (and does not hand it
to the surgeon) until a timeout with all team members at attention has taken place.
C.) Educate surgeons to be present for surgical timeouts.
D.) Every month, perform multidisciplinary simulations empowering all staff to speak up for
safety. –
Correct Answer :B.)
Implement a process in which the surgical technician holds the scalpel (and does not hand it to
the surgeon) until a timeout with all team members at attention has taken place.
All of the following are factors that will define your parking product, EXCEPT:
a. Operating expenses.
b. Distance from the generator.
c. Rates.
d. Attendant on duty (or not). –
Correct Answer :Operating expenses.
Which of the following features is LEAST likely to be considered when looking at the security of a
new payroll system?
a. regular data back-up and storage
b. protection against computer viruses
c. limited system access
d. system edits –
Correct Answer :d. system edits
Company deadlines for payroll data input documents are essential for:
a. timely processing of the payroll
b. accurate entry of data
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