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echelon-Prevention of Medical Errors
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the modifications that are made to accommodate different input? -
Answer✔✔-Variable Input
What are the factors in which there are opportunities for mistakes? - Answer✔✔-
Inconsistency
What is the factor that is more prone to failure because it is dependent on people? -
Answer✔✔-Complexity
What factor is one in which these steps are followed so closely that the errors in one
step are not detected until the next step? - Answer✔✔-Human Intervention
Which factor is defined as one where additional pressure is present because a process
must occur rapidly? - Answer✔✔-Tight Coupling
What is "the presence of additional pressure because the process must occur rapidly"?
- Answer✔✔-Time Constraint
What is "levels of reporting that increase the opportunity for miscommunications"? -
Answer✔✔-Hierarchical Culture
Scenario: After ringing the call bell a number of times, a patient tries to make it to the
bathroom on his own, but slips on a wet surface and falls. He is injured, but not
permanently. - Answer✔✔-Adverse Event
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©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
echelon-Prevention of Medical Errors
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the modifications that are made to accommodate different input? -
Answer✔✔-Variable Input
What are the factors in which there are opportunities for mistakes? - Answer✔✔-
Inconsistency
What is the factor that is more prone to failure because it is dependent on people? -
Answer✔✔-Complexity
What factor is one in which these steps are followed so closely that the errors in one
step are not detected until the next step? - Answer✔✔-Human Intervention
Which factor is defined as one where additional pressure is present because a process
must occur rapidly? - Answer✔✔-Tight Coupling
What is "the presence of additional pressure because the process must occur rapidly"?
- Answer✔✔-Time Constraint
What is "levels of reporting that increase the opportunity for miscommunications"? -
Answer✔✔-Hierarchical Culture
Scenario: After ringing the call bell a number of times, a patient tries to make it to the
bathroom on his own, but slips on a wet surface and falls. He is injured, but not
permanently. - Answer✔✔-Adverse Event
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