Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
A nurse is educating a newly licensed nurse about The Joint Commission's National Patient
Safety Goals. Which of the following goals does the nurse include when providing the
education?
A) Preventing diabetes
B) Preventing surgical-site infections
C) Preventing myocardial infarctions
D) Preventing cerebrovascular accidents - Answer B) Preventing surgical-site infections
Client falls out of bed and sprains their wrist
A) Adverse Event
B) Near misses
C) Sentinel Event
D) Client safety event - Answer A
A nurse is performing medicationn reconciliation and notices that a client who routinely takes
celebrex (NSAID) at home is perscribed Celexa (antidepressant). Client has no history of
depression.
A) Adverse Event
B) Near misses
C) Sentinel Event
D) Client safety event - Answer B
A client has signed an operative consent for a lumpectomy of the right breast but receives a
mastectomy of the left breast.
A) Adverse Event
B) Near misses
C) Sentinel Event
D) Client safety event - Answer C
,A client who is NPO prior to a procedure is delivered a food tray which the client consumes. The
procedure is delayed.
A) Adverse Event
B) Near misses
C) Sentinel Event
D) Client safety event - Answer D
As a newly licensed nurse, what are some of the safety risks in health care facilities you should
be aware of? - Answer know how to use equipment and products safely. This includes
responses to fire, chemical, and radiation safety issues. Other safety risks that should be
recognized and managed include mishandling of sharps and exposure to bloodborne pathogens
and other infectious diseases, and injuries from poor body mechanics.
How are the National patient safety goals determined? - Answer 1. Identify the client
correctly
2. Improve staff communication
3. use medication safety
4. use alarm safety
5. prevent hospital-acquired infections
6. identify client safety risk
7. universal protocol
What does the National patient safety goals do? - Answer Fosters collaboration within the
health care industry to keep clients safe
When healthcare providers get a sensory overload from alarms and become desensitized: -
Answer Alarm fatigue
Former National safety goals that have been routinely adopted by healthcare professionals and
are now retired: - Answer Standards of Compliance
Standards of compliance examples (6) - Answer -medication error prevention
-verification of qualifications and competency of healthcare staff
-rights/education of clients
-management of medications
-emergency preparedness
, The ____________________ is important not only for the prevention and control of medical
errors but also for minimizing operational breakdowns that can lead to errors. In summary,
there is a correlation between this, the nurse's work environment, and the organizational role. -
Answer culture of safety
How can nurses create a Culture of Safety? (4) - Answer 1. Transforming care at the bedside
2. Nurse leadership development
3. Development of rapid response team (RRT)
4. Utilize standardized communication tool
What are the 4 types of unexpected events? - Answer 1. Adverse Event
2. Near misses
3. Sentinel Event
4. Client safety event
A ___________ is a potential error or event or circumstance that could have caused harm, but
that was caught and avoided. - Answer near miss
A ____________ event is an unexpected event or circumstance that occurred with or without
injury to the client, but that had the potential to cause harm to the client. - Answer client
safety
A _____________ event is a critical, unexpected adverse event that caused severe physical or
psychological harm to a client, including death, dismemberment, permanent injury, and severe
or temporary injury. - Answer sentinel event (never event)
An _____________ is a situation or circumstance that caused unexpected harm to the client. -
Answer adverse event
A tool used to report an adverse event, client safety event, or near miss. Not meant to punish,
but prevent future occurrences: - Answer Incident Report
Examples of incidences that would be on an incident report: (7) - Answer -Accident or injury
of a client, staff member, or a visitor (e.g., a fall)
-Unexpected vaccine reaction
-Unexpected drug reaction
-Administration of the wrong vaccine or drug to a client
-Incorrect administration of a drug or vaccine to a client