Nursing Safety, Ethics, and Infection
Control ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the purpose of the Universal Student Hospital Orientation presentation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅To prepare student nurses for their clinical rotation and provide essential
information before arrival at the institution.
What must each school provide to the hospitals for student rotations? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅A letter attesting that students have completed the program and scored 80 or
better on the post-test.
What are some key topics covered in the orientation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Asepsis/Infection Prevention, Culture, Environmental/Fire Safety,
HIPAA/Confidentiality, Quality and Safety, National Patient Safety Goals, Medications,
Communication, Environment, Patient Rights.
What is one objective of the program regarding workplace safety? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Identify ways to prevent or minimize workplace injuries or illness.
How should students demonstrate teamwork during their clinical rotation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅By being helpful, informative, and looking beyond assigned tasks to assist
colleagues.
What does the L-A-S-T recovery model stand for? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Listen,
Apologize, Satisfy, Thank.
What is cultural competence in patient care? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Delivering care
that is sensitive to and respectful of the diverse backgrounds of patients.
What is ethnocentrism? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The belief that one's own cultural
group is superior to others.
, Define stereotyping. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A fixed and distorted generalization made
about all members of a group, often leading to negative results.
What is prejudice? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Strongly held opinions about a group that
stem from ignorance, misunderstanding, or fear.
What is discrimination? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Acting on prejudice and denying
someone their fundamental rights.
What is the role of safety management in a hospital? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅To
maintain safe conditions for staff, patients, and visitors through collective responsibility.
What does HIPAA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Health Information Portability
and Accountability Act.
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Any information
about health status, provision of healthcare, or payment for healthcare that can be linked to an
individual.
What are potential consequences of violating HIPAA? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Civil or
criminal penalties enforced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
What principle governs access to Protected Health Information? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The 'Need-to-Know' principle.
What should nursing students do to protect patient PHI? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Discuss PHI only as it applies to education or patient care and ensure
conversations are private.
What is the significance of cultural diversity in healthcare? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅It
ensures that all team members are treated equally and that care is culturally sensitive.
What is the importance of empathy in patient care? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅To be
compassionate and considerate, recognizing the feelings of patients and their families.