Nurse Executive Test Patient Safety & Care Quality

Question 1

Which organization publishes the annual National Patient Safety Goals that accredited hospitals must implement?

Accepted Answer

The Joint Commission (TJC)

Answer

The Joint Commission publishes and updates the National Patient Safety Goals annually, which all TJC-accredited organizations are required to implement.

Question 2

A 'Never Event' in healthcare is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

A serious, largely preventable adverse event that should never occur in a healthcare setting

Answer

Never Events are serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents that should not occur if appropriate safeguards are in place, such as wrong-site surgery.

Question 3

The 'Swiss Cheese Model' of patient safety, commonly used to explain how errors cause harm, was developed by:

Accepted Answer

James Reason

Answer

James Reason developed the Swiss Cheese Model, which illustrates how multiple defensive layers each containing holes (weaknesses) can align to allow errors to reach the patient.

Question 4

Which quality improvement methodology uses the DMAIC framework (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) to reduce process variation?

Accepted Answer

Six Sigma

Answer

Six Sigma uses the DMAIC framework as a data-driven approach to eliminate defects and reduce variation in healthcare processes.

Question 5

A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A proactive risk assessment tool that identifies potential process failures before they occur

Answer

FMEA is a prospective, proactive tool used to systematically identify potential failure modes in a process and assess their likely effects before harm reaches the patient.

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