RNSG 1125 SAFETY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Define Safety - ANSWER-freedom from accidental injury
protection from harm or injury
Describe Safety - ANSWER-ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of
operational systems and process that minimize errors
Safe Care - ANSWER-avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help
them
adverse event - ANSWER-Unintended harm by an act of commission or omission rather
than as a result of disease process
near miss - ANSWER-Error of commission or omission that could have harmed a
patient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance
sentinel error - ANSWER-unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury
Categories of Errors - ANSWER-Diagnostic
Treatment
Preventive
Communication
Diagnostic Errors - ANSWER-the result of a delay in diagnosis, failure to employ
indicated tests, use of outmoded tests, or failure to act on results of monitoring or
testing
Treatment errors - ANSWER-occur in the performance of an operation, procedure, or
test; in the administration of a treatment; in the dose or method of administering a drug;
or in avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal test result
Communication in Safety can... - ANSWER-ensure safe handoffs between providers or
settings; provide clear directions in seeking and sharing information
Collaboration begins with... - ANSWER-self-development based on emotional
intelligence to monitor appropriate reactions and response
Fall Prevention in Safety - ANSWER-screenings
elements of focused history
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Define Safety - ANSWER-freedom from accidental injury
protection from harm or injury
Describe Safety - ANSWER-ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of
operational systems and process that minimize errors
Safe Care - ANSWER-avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help
them
adverse event - ANSWER-Unintended harm by an act of commission or omission rather
than as a result of disease process
near miss - ANSWER-Error of commission or omission that could have harmed a
patient, but harm did not occur as a result of chance
sentinel error - ANSWER-unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury
Categories of Errors - ANSWER-Diagnostic
Treatment
Preventive
Communication
Diagnostic Errors - ANSWER-the result of a delay in diagnosis, failure to employ
indicated tests, use of outmoded tests, or failure to act on results of monitoring or
testing
Treatment errors - ANSWER-occur in the performance of an operation, procedure, or
test; in the administration of a treatment; in the dose or method of administering a drug;
or in avoidable delay in treatment or in responding to an abnormal test result
Communication in Safety can... - ANSWER-ensure safe handoffs between providers or
settings; provide clear directions in seeking and sharing information
Collaboration begins with... - ANSWER-self-development based on emotional
intelligence to monitor appropriate reactions and response
Fall Prevention in Safety - ANSWER-screenings
elements of focused history
