Nurse Executive Test Patient Safety & Care Quality 3

Question 1

Following a sentinel event, The Joint Commission requires the organization to complete which of the following within 45 days?

Accepted Answer

Conduct a thorough Root Cause Analysis and submit an action plan

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Report the event to CMS and the state health department simultaneously

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Terminate all staff members involved in the event

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Pay a financial penalty to the affected patient or family

Question 2

A nurse executive implements a 'just culture' framework. Which statement best describes just culture?

Accepted Answer

A balanced approach that distinguishes between human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless behavior with appropriate responses to each

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A system in which all errors result in no disciplinary action for any staff member

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A policy where only nursing managers are held accountable for errors made by frontline staff

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An approach focused solely on identifying and punishing intentional safety violations

Question 3

Which Lean quality improvement tool visually maps every step in a care delivery process to identify waste and non-value-added activities?

Accepted Answer

Value stream mapping

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Control chart

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Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram

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Pareto chart

Question 4

The Leapfrog Group's annual hospital survey is primarily designed to promote transparency in which area?

Accepted Answer

Patient safety, quality, and resource use

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Hospital financial performance and executive compensation

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Staff satisfaction and nursing workforce development

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Electronic health record adoption and interoperability

Question 5

Which statistical process control tool enables a nurse executive to distinguish between common cause variation (random) and special cause variation (assignable) in a healthcare process?

Accepted Answer

Control chart with upper and lower control limits

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Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram

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Pareto chart

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Scatter diagram

Question 6

A nurse executive observes rising catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates. What is the most appropriate first step?

Accepted Answer

Conduct a thorough analysis of current catheter insertion, maintenance, and removal practices

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Immediately implement disciplinary action against nursing staff on the affected units

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Purchase new catheter supplies without reviewing current clinical practices

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Report the rate increase to the state health department before conducting any internal review

Question 7

The NCC MERP harm index used in patient safety adverse event reporting categorizes events primarily according to:

Accepted Answer

The degree of patient harm caused, ranging from no harm to death

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The total number of adverse events divided by total patient days during the reporting period

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The estimated financial cost associated with each adverse event

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A regulatory penalty scale applied to organizations with repeated safety violations