AWHONN PEOP Perinatal Final Review questions with correct answers

Swiss cheese is often used as the paradigm for explaining medical error. In this model, the holes in the cheese represent CORRECT ANSWER latent weaknesses You are assigned to a patient who is at 38 weeks and 6 days gestation. She is being admitted for an elective induction of labor because her husband is going on an extended business trip in 2 days and he wants to be present for the delivery. The hospital has no policy regarding elective induction, but you know that the AWHONN "Go the Full 40" campaign doesn't support early elective induction. You approach the physician with your concerns. He responds that he's been doing this for 30 years and has CORRECT ANSWER normalization of deviance Which of the following has been noted among the top three root causes of sentinel events for over 10 years? CORRECT ANSWER Communication A shared understanding of what is going on and what is likely to happen next is known as CORRECT ANSWER situational awareness A patient safety event, unrelated to the natural course of the underlying illness, that reaches a patient and results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm with intervention required to sustain life is an example of CORRECT ANSWER a sentinel event Which tool is used when an adverse event has occurred to identify variations in performance that led to the outcome? CORRECT ANSWER Root cause analysis Yearly objectives developed by The Joint Commission that focus on problems in healthcare safety are known as CORRECT ANSWER National Patient Safety Goals