EDGT Promoting Safety: Reducing Medical
Errors Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
An action that is not part of the prescribed plan - CORRECT ANSWER medical error
a failure to act in the care of a patient when action is appropriate or required - CORRECT
ANSWER medical error
other terms that are used to refer to medical errors - CORRECT ANSWER adverse
occurrences, incidents
How can reporting medical errors improve the way the healthcare organization delivers
patient care services? - CORRECT ANSWER to examine factors that contributed to the
error
Some recent studies indicate that preventable harm due to medical errors is ranked ______ as
the cause of death in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER 3rd
Results from an international survey of nurses showed that:
A) 80% of nurses described the hospitals in which they work as safe.
B) 10% of nurses agreed that nurses often fail to report errors for fear of punishment.
C) 100% of nurses reported that poor communication increase the risk of errors.
D) 90% of nurses reported that they saw themselves as having the most responsibility for
patient safety. - CORRECT ANSWER D) 90% of nurses reported that they saw
themselves as having the most responsibility for patient safety.
, what are the two major issues that contribute to medical error occurrence? - CORRECT
ANSWER organizational and administrative failures (failures of process and systems)
what contributes to conditions that endanger patient safety such as nurse-fatigue? -
CORRECT ANSWER working more than 12 hours per day
adults who get less than ___ hours of sleep per 24 hours suffer from impaired mental ability. -
CORRECT ANSWER five
Margaret is the nurse manager of a respiratory care unit. She has 10 years experience as a
staff nurse but is new to management. Her unit has several vacancies and it is necessary for
all nurses to rotate to various shifts. Margaret knows that her staff members prefer to work as
many day shifts as possible. In order to meet the needs of her staff, but maintain patient
safety, which of the following actions is appropriate for Margaret to take?
A) Schedule nurses to work no more than 12 hours per shift.
B) Schedule nurses to rotate shifts every few days.
C) Ask the nurses who do not have children to work overtime every week - CORRECT
ANSWER A) Schedule nurses to work no more than 12 hours per shift.
What are some other reasons that nurses and other healthcare professionals fail to report
medical error occurrence? - CORRECT ANSWER Embarrassment
Guilt
Fear of disciplinary action
Fear of ridicule by colleagues
Belief that the error was not "serious" enough to report
Belief that if the patient was not injured, no error occurred
should a nurse report a medical error even if there was no harm to the patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER yes, always.
Errors Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
An action that is not part of the prescribed plan - CORRECT ANSWER medical error
a failure to act in the care of a patient when action is appropriate or required - CORRECT
ANSWER medical error
other terms that are used to refer to medical errors - CORRECT ANSWER adverse
occurrences, incidents
How can reporting medical errors improve the way the healthcare organization delivers
patient care services? - CORRECT ANSWER to examine factors that contributed to the
error
Some recent studies indicate that preventable harm due to medical errors is ranked ______ as
the cause of death in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER 3rd
Results from an international survey of nurses showed that:
A) 80% of nurses described the hospitals in which they work as safe.
B) 10% of nurses agreed that nurses often fail to report errors for fear of punishment.
C) 100% of nurses reported that poor communication increase the risk of errors.
D) 90% of nurses reported that they saw themselves as having the most responsibility for
patient safety. - CORRECT ANSWER D) 90% of nurses reported that they saw
themselves as having the most responsibility for patient safety.
, what are the two major issues that contribute to medical error occurrence? - CORRECT
ANSWER organizational and administrative failures (failures of process and systems)
what contributes to conditions that endanger patient safety such as nurse-fatigue? -
CORRECT ANSWER working more than 12 hours per day
adults who get less than ___ hours of sleep per 24 hours suffer from impaired mental ability. -
CORRECT ANSWER five
Margaret is the nurse manager of a respiratory care unit. She has 10 years experience as a
staff nurse but is new to management. Her unit has several vacancies and it is necessary for
all nurses to rotate to various shifts. Margaret knows that her staff members prefer to work as
many day shifts as possible. In order to meet the needs of her staff, but maintain patient
safety, which of the following actions is appropriate for Margaret to take?
A) Schedule nurses to work no more than 12 hours per shift.
B) Schedule nurses to rotate shifts every few days.
C) Ask the nurses who do not have children to work overtime every week - CORRECT
ANSWER A) Schedule nurses to work no more than 12 hours per shift.
What are some other reasons that nurses and other healthcare professionals fail to report
medical error occurrence? - CORRECT ANSWER Embarrassment
Guilt
Fear of disciplinary action
Fear of ridicule by colleagues
Belief that the error was not "serious" enough to report
Belief that if the patient was not injured, no error occurred
should a nurse report a medical error even if there was no harm to the patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER yes, always.
