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EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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?
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
The Board of Hospital A wants to know how Hospital A's safety performance in
central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) compares to that of other
hospitals in their region. Which data display would best inform them for that
decision? a. Control charts of overall infection rate by quarter for the past two
years for each hospital in the region
b. A table indicating the CLABSI infection rates of all hospitals in the region relative
to the National Healthcare Safety Network benchmark for CLABSI infections for
the past 2 years
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c. A written report summarizing the current CLABSI prevention protocols of each
hospital in the region
d. A table showing the number of CLABSI infections in each hospital in the region
by quarter for the past 2 years
The answer is B. A table indicating the CLABSI infection rates of all hospitals in the
region relative to the National Healthcare Safety Network benchmark for CLABSI
infections for the past 2 years
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 for next steps. What next steps would you take to identify
a replacement system? a. Ask information systems to either fix the old one or
build a new one
b. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal
state
c. Poll colleagues and purchase what they use
d. Purchase the lease expensive software and grow with it
The answer is B. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current
state to ideal state
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CPPS ACTUAL EXAM /CPPS EXAM PREPARATION/CPPS PRACTICE
EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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?
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
The Board of Hospital A wants to know how Hospital A's safety performance in
central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) compares to that of other
hospitals in their region. Which data display would best inform them for that
decision? a. Control charts of overall infection rate by quarter for the past two
years for each hospital in the region
b. A table indicating the CLABSI infection rates of all hospitals in the region relative
to the National Healthcare Safety Network benchmark for CLABSI infections for
the past 2 years
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c. A written report summarizing the current CLABSI prevention protocols of each
hospital in the region
d. A table showing the number of CLABSI infections in each hospital in the region
by quarter for the past 2 years
The answer is B. A table indicating the CLABSI infection rates of all hospitals in the
region relative to the National Healthcare Safety Network benchmark for CLABSI
infections for the past 2 years
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 for next steps. What next steps would you take to identify
a replacement system? a. Ask information systems to either fix the old one or
build a new one
b. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal
state
c. Poll colleagues and purchase what they use
d. Purchase the lease expensive software and grow with it
The answer is B. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current
state to ideal state
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