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NURS 344 Final Exam Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
-Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance
-Safety is the prevention of healthcare errors and the elimination or
mitigation of patient injury caused by health care errors
-Health care errors are unintended health care outcomes caused by a
defect in the delivery of care to a patient. These errors can include
errors of commission, omission, or execution
Ans: Safety
-An event that results in unintended harm to the patient by an act of
commission rather than by the underlying disease or condition of the
patient
Ans: Adverse event
Error of commission or omission that could have harmed the patient,
but did not
Ans: Near miss
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Unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury
Ans: Sentinel Event
-Diagnostic
-Treatment
-Preventative
-Communication
Ans: Types of errors
Delay in diagnosis, failure to obtain a test, using outdated tests, failure
to act on the results of a test or monitoring
Ans: Diagnostic errors
Performance of a procedure or test, administration of treatment,
administering drugs, delaying treatment
Ans: Treatment error
Failure to provide treatment, monitoring, or follow-up
Ans: Preventative error
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Failure of communicating
Ans: Communication error
Can be active or latent
Ans: Placement of errors
Made by those who are providing care to a patient (doctors, nurses,
technicians)
Ans: Active error
These are hidden and are usually in the inactive area of the healthcare
system; something that is wrong in the organization, but does not
immediately result in something bad happening
Ans: Latent errors
-Knowledge
-Skills
-Attitude
Ans: Attributes of safety
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-Human factors
-Crew resource management
-High-reliability organizations
Ans: Theoretical links to safety
Just culture- the health care systems value is in reporting errors
without punishment
Transparency in health care- information about safety should be made
available to the public
Ans: Safety and its context to nursing and health care
-Vigilance
-Quality
-Regulation
-Teamwork and collaboration
-Communication
Ans: Interrelated Concepts to safety
-Allergies
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NURS 344 Final Exam Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
-Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance
-Safety is the prevention of healthcare errors and the elimination or
mitigation of patient injury caused by health care errors
-Health care errors are unintended health care outcomes caused by a
defect in the delivery of care to a patient. These errors can include
errors of commission, omission, or execution
Ans: Safety
-An event that results in unintended harm to the patient by an act of
commission rather than by the underlying disease or condition of the
patient
Ans: Adverse event
Error of commission or omission that could have harmed the patient,
but did not
Ans: Near miss
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Unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury
Ans: Sentinel Event
-Diagnostic
-Treatment
-Preventative
-Communication
Ans: Types of errors
Delay in diagnosis, failure to obtain a test, using outdated tests, failure
to act on the results of a test or monitoring
Ans: Diagnostic errors
Performance of a procedure or test, administration of treatment,
administering drugs, delaying treatment
Ans: Treatment error
Failure to provide treatment, monitoring, or follow-up
Ans: Preventative error
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Failure of communicating
Ans: Communication error
Can be active or latent
Ans: Placement of errors
Made by those who are providing care to a patient (doctors, nurses,
technicians)
Ans: Active error
These are hidden and are usually in the inactive area of the healthcare
system; something that is wrong in the organization, but does not
immediately result in something bad happening
Ans: Latent errors
-Knowledge
-Skills
-Attitude
Ans: Attributes of safety
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-Human factors
-Crew resource management
-High-reliability organizations
Ans: Theoretical links to safety
Just culture- the health care systems value is in reporting errors
without punishment
Transparency in health care- information about safety should be made
available to the public
Ans: Safety and its context to nursing and health care
-Vigilance
-Quality
-Regulation
-Teamwork and collaboration
-Communication
Ans: Interrelated Concepts to safety
-Allergies
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
