CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH WELL DETAILED ANSWERS/NEWEST
UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements, a hospital is
creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the first step in
supporting this new patient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different compliance issues.
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication and time-out
screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
D. Review the past year's data to identify the most commonly grown pathogens. -
ANSWER✔✔-C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current
state to ideal state.
After implementing a new product recall system, a hospital was alerted to a high-risk
medication recall. This medication is in stock in the emergency department and
oncology unit. To ensure the effectiveness of the new system, a patient safety
professional should:
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,A. require individual departments to verify that a search for the recalled medication
was performed.
B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was sequestered.
C. reconcile the number of doses administered to the number of doses purchased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to remove recalled meds and to post recall notices in
the units - ANSWER✔✔-B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication
was sequestered.
An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff engagement, a
patient safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - ANSWER✔✔-B. present evidence that
checklist use reduces practice variability.
An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure. The patient
safety professional believes that the processes in place are not reliable or that the results
are attributable to luck. Which of the following best describes this characteristic?
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,A. appreciative inquiry
B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure - ANSWER✔✔-D. preoccupation with failure
A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that undermine a
culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-shaping factors.
D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient
outcome. - ANSWER✔✔-D. the organizational response to investigated events is
independent of patient outcome.
In process improvement, reducing variation improves
A. predictability of outcomes.
B. patient care processes.
C. frequency of poor results.
D. reluctance to simplify. - ANSWER✔✔-A. predictability of outcomes.
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, When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be considered the
weakest?
A. visible involvement and action by leadership
B. standardizing processes as much as possible
C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - ANSWER✔✔-D. use of color-
coded labels that are readily seen by staff
Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
A. care standards
B. team leadership
C. caregiver burnout
D. health literacy - ANSWER✔✔-B. team leadership
10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A patient safety
professional and other leaders are discussing what to disclose to the patient. In addition
to an apology, critical components of disclosure include
A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will be
prevented.
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WITH WELL DETAILED ANSWERS/NEWEST
UPDATE/GRADE A+ ASSURED
In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements, a hospital is
creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the first step in
supporting this new patient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different compliance issues.
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication and time-out
screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
D. Review the past year's data to identify the most commonly grown pathogens. -
ANSWER✔✔-C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current
state to ideal state.
After implementing a new product recall system, a hospital was alerted to a high-risk
medication recall. This medication is in stock in the emergency department and
oncology unit. To ensure the effectiveness of the new system, a patient safety
professional should:
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,A. require individual departments to verify that a search for the recalled medication
was performed.
B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was sequestered.
C. reconcile the number of doses administered to the number of doses purchased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to remove recalled meds and to post recall notices in
the units - ANSWER✔✔-B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication
was sequestered.
An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff engagement, a
patient safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - ANSWER✔✔-B. present evidence that
checklist use reduces practice variability.
An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure. The patient
safety professional believes that the processes in place are not reliable or that the results
are attributable to luck. Which of the following best describes this characteristic?
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,A. appreciative inquiry
B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure - ANSWER✔✔-D. preoccupation with failure
A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that undermine a
culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-shaping factors.
D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient
outcome. - ANSWER✔✔-D. the organizational response to investigated events is
independent of patient outcome.
In process improvement, reducing variation improves
A. predictability of outcomes.
B. patient care processes.
C. frequency of poor results.
D. reluctance to simplify. - ANSWER✔✔-A. predictability of outcomes.
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, When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be considered the
weakest?
A. visible involvement and action by leadership
B. standardizing processes as much as possible
C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - ANSWER✔✔-D. use of color-
coded labels that are readily seen by staff
Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
A. care standards
B. team leadership
C. caregiver burnout
D. health literacy - ANSWER✔✔-B. team leadership
10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A patient safety
professional and other leaders are discussing what to disclose to the patient. In addition
to an apology, critical components of disclosure include
A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will be
prevented.
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