Medical Errors Test #9011 V2

Prevention of Medical Errors
2 Contact Hours • Course #9011 V2

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	Answer each of the following questions (there is only one correct answer to each question).
	1	According to the course, fear of becoming a victim of medical error may lead patients to:
		A. delay obtaining potentially beneficial medical care
		B. sue health care providers for not prescribing enough medication
		C. demand liability coverage be included in their health insurance
		D. lobby for more governmental control of the health care system
	2	Key studies of medical errors performed during the 1990s found that medical errors occurred in what percentage of patients?
		A. 1 to 2%
		B. 3 to 4%
		C. 5 to 6%
		D. over 10%
	3	Adverse events associated with the use of pharmaceuticals are:
		A. at an all time low due to increased government oversight
		B. potentially preventable in many instances
		C. inevitable due to the proliferation of newer and more powerful pharmacological agents
		D. primarily due to the carelessness of individual health care providers
	4	Errors are failures of a planned action to be completed as intended, or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim. Errors can include problems with:
		A. practice
		B. products
		C. systems and procedures
		D. all of the above
	5	Which of the following events should be considered a medical error?
		A. a patient dies of congestive heart failure despite optimal care
		B. a chemotherapy patient experiences severe nausea, a common side effect of the medication given
		C. a patient was administered an antidepressant instead an anticonvulsant with a similar name
		D. all of the above
	6	A commonly used process for the identification of error prevention strategies by focusing on changes needed in health care delivery systems is called:
		A. root cause analysis
		B. human factors assessment
		C. close call evaluation
		D. analysis of variance
	7	All of the following factors are likely to contribute to the occurrence of medical errors except:
		A. poor communication among primary physicians and medical specialists
		B. variations in patients’ responses to treatment
		C. increased autonomy of nurses in most health care settings
		D. the overall complexity of the health care industry
	8	An example of a systems design or organizational factor that might contribute to the occurrence of medical errors is the:
		A. negligence of individual providers
		B. number of steps in a complex patient care task
		C. assignment of staff to teams for care delivery
		D. tendency to regard health care as a business
	9	Steps that have been recommended to reduce medication errors include:
		A. bar code systems to verify drug and dose
		B. FDA standards to prevent name confusion and reduce similar- looking packaging
		C. storage of potentially hazardous medications away from patient care areas
		D. all of the above
	10	Nurses can safeguard patients from medication errors by:
		A. administering only those medications that they have personally prepared
		B. taking a thorough drug history, including allergies
		C. watching for potential drug- drug and drug-food interactions
		D. all of the above
	11	The leading class of medications that produce adverse drug reactions in the elderly are:
		A. CNS active agents
		B. NSAIDS
		C. cardiovascular drugs
		D. antibiotics
	12	What Act was signed into law in response to growing concern about patient safety in the U.S.?
		A. The JCAHO Bill of Patient Rights 2006
		B. The Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Act 2005
		C. The Institute of Medicine Act of Safer Health
		D. The Protecting Lives from Harm Campaign of 2005
	13	Necessary components of effective error prevention systems include:
		A. Thoughtfully developed programs within local healthcare organizations.
		B. External support from Federal, State and non- governmental agencies.
		C. Specifically designated personnel to handle the identifying and monitoring the occurrence of errors.
		D. All of the Above are necessary components of effective error prevention.
	14	The most critical component of a successful medical error reporting system is:
		A. state and Federal monitoring of local hospitals’ systems
		B. mandatory reporting of “close calls” as well as mistakes that result in serious injury or death
		C. utilization of clinical and management experts from outside the system
		D. protection of the safety and confidentiality of those who report errors
	15	The “Take Time to Care” program is an example of:
		A. federally subsidized inservice training for health care providers
		B. a consumer-oriented public awareness campaign on safe medication use
		C. a way to encourage pharmacists to provide more detailed patient education to the elderly
		D. an incentive program for hospitals to increase staff to patient ratios
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