Patient Safety
6 Questions
| Attempts: 274
This quiz will enhance the learners knowledge base on patient safety initiatives and the benefits of information technology as it relates to the reducation of medication errors.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Information technology can reduce the rate of errors in three ways?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. TrueExplanation
1.By preventing errors and adverse events
2.facilitates a rapid response after an adverse event occurs
3.tracks and provides feedback about adverse reactionsRate this question:
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- 2.
The role of the Nursing Administrator is to build the information system with the Informatic Nurse Specialist and focus on nursing workflow and patient safety indicators?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 3.
What two technology advances mention in this tutorial can reduce medical errors?
- A.
Barcoding at the bedside and SBAR
- B.
COPE and decision support systems
- C.
Medication reconciliation and telemarketing
Correct Answer
B. COPE and decision support systems -
- 4.
Does patient safety initiatives affect all healthcare organizations or just hospitals?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 5.
According to the Institute of Medicine there are approximately 1,000 deaths per year due to medication errors?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
There are 7,000 deaths per year resulting from medical errorsRate this question:
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- 6.
Medication errors are due to negligence and incompetent healthcare providers?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
Medications errors are typically caused from how th healthcare system is organized and how care is delivered.Rate this question:
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Nov 12, 2010Quiz Created by
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