FREE CPHRM Exam Question and Answers

Question 1

What are the four elements of the situational briefing model called the SBAR?

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Situation, background, assessment, and recommendation

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Status, briefing, analysis, and reconnaissance

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Safety, bearing, argument, and rationale

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Scenario, basis, acquisition, and response

Question 2

What benefit does a voluntary error reporting system have over one that is mandated?

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Voluntary systems elicit more reports from frontline practitioners

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Mandatory system are only targeted at very narrow areas of practice

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Mandatory systems discourage the reporting of nonfatal errors

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Voluntary system eliminate the need for communication among health care organizations

Question 3

Which of the following must be true in order for a patient to no longer qualify for treatment under the Emergency Medical care and Active labor Act?

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The patient must be alert

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The patient must be able to communicate without special equipment

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The patient must have provided the contact information of a person who can care for him upon discharge

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The patient must be able to feed himself without special equipment

Question 4

What is the maximum fine for a hospital with more than 100 beds violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?

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$50,000 per violation

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$100,000 per violation

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$1,000,000 per violation

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$500,000 per violation

Question 5

Which of the following conditions would NOT fall under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act's definition of an emergency?

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Normal child labor

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Raptured appendix

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Kidney failure

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Myocardial infarction

Question 6

Which of the following would the Joint Commission classify as a sentinel event?

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Hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by blood group incompatibility

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Moderate neonatal jaundice

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Radiation therapy 10 percent above the planned dose

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Suicide more than four days after discharge from a continuous care setting

Question 7

The medicine system at a hospital is extensive, and different parts of it are under the jurisdiction of several departments. What is one crucial step that may be taken to lessen system errors?

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Give a single person responsibility for overseeing the entire system

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Have each department use the same self-assessment tools

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Simplify it

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Make each department responsible for the system as a whole