NURS 170 Quiz 5 – Practice Questions, Study Guide & Nursing Exam
Review 2026
QSEN - ANS ✔✔prepare nurses with the knowledge, skills and
attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems in
which they work
QSEN has six core competencies - ANS ✔✔focus on Safety + Quality Improvement
Safety - ANS ✔✔minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through systems effectiveness
and individual performance
Knowledge - ANS ✔✔national patient safety goals
Skills - ANS ✔✔standardization practices that support safety and quality
Attitudes - ANS ✔✔value national safety campaigns and implement in local practice
NPSG 2021 - ANS ✔✔National Patient Safety Goals
Purpose/goals of NPSG 2021 - ANS ✔✔purpose: to improve patient safety
goals: focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them
Identify patients correctly: NPSG.01.01.01 - ANS ✔✔Use at least two ways to identify patients =
make sure that each patient gets the correct medicine and treatment
, Ex.) Identify patients correctly: NPSG.01.01.01 - ANS ✔✔use the patient's name and date of
birth
Use medicines safely: NPSG 03.04.01 - ANS ✔✔Before a procedure, label medicines that are not
labeled: ex.) medicines in syringes, cups and basins.
Do this in the area where medicines and supplies are set up.
NPSG 03.05.01 - ANS ✔✔Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood
NPSG 03.06.01 - ANS ✔✔Record/pass along correct information about a patient's medicines,
Find out what medicines the patient is taking, Compare those medicines to new medicines
given to the patient, Give the patient written information about the medicines they need to
take, Tell the patient it is important to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time they
visit a doctor
Safety transparency in nursing - ANS ✔✔Near Miss: an error almost occurred but did not
Patient Errors - ANS ✔✔error occurred
Never Event - ANS ✔✔error should never have occurred, ex.) gave patient the wrong blood
Sentinel Event - ANS ✔✔unexpected death or serious injury, requires immediate investigation
Patient safety - ANS ✔✔60 second room check, Room and situational assessment
Personal Safety - ANS ✔✔- Body mechanics, ergonomics
- PPE Personal Protective Equipment : gown, gloves, mask
- Safer needle devices: never recap needles
Review 2026
QSEN - ANS ✔✔prepare nurses with the knowledge, skills and
attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems in
which they work
QSEN has six core competencies - ANS ✔✔focus on Safety + Quality Improvement
Safety - ANS ✔✔minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through systems effectiveness
and individual performance
Knowledge - ANS ✔✔national patient safety goals
Skills - ANS ✔✔standardization practices that support safety and quality
Attitudes - ANS ✔✔value national safety campaigns and implement in local practice
NPSG 2021 - ANS ✔✔National Patient Safety Goals
Purpose/goals of NPSG 2021 - ANS ✔✔purpose: to improve patient safety
goals: focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them
Identify patients correctly: NPSG.01.01.01 - ANS ✔✔Use at least two ways to identify patients =
make sure that each patient gets the correct medicine and treatment
, Ex.) Identify patients correctly: NPSG.01.01.01 - ANS ✔✔use the patient's name and date of
birth
Use medicines safely: NPSG 03.04.01 - ANS ✔✔Before a procedure, label medicines that are not
labeled: ex.) medicines in syringes, cups and basins.
Do this in the area where medicines and supplies are set up.
NPSG 03.05.01 - ANS ✔✔Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood
NPSG 03.06.01 - ANS ✔✔Record/pass along correct information about a patient's medicines,
Find out what medicines the patient is taking, Compare those medicines to new medicines
given to the patient, Give the patient written information about the medicines they need to
take, Tell the patient it is important to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time they
visit a doctor
Safety transparency in nursing - ANS ✔✔Near Miss: an error almost occurred but did not
Patient Errors - ANS ✔✔error occurred
Never Event - ANS ✔✔error should never have occurred, ex.) gave patient the wrong blood
Sentinel Event - ANS ✔✔unexpected death or serious injury, requires immediate investigation
Patient safety - ANS ✔✔60 second room check, Room and situational assessment
Personal Safety - ANS ✔✔- Body mechanics, ergonomics
- PPE Personal Protective Equipment : gown, gloves, mask
- Safer needle devices: never recap needles
