Saudi Prometric Nursing Patient Safety and Ethics

Question 1

What are the International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) adopted by Saudi healthcare facilities?

Accepted Answer

Correct patient identification, effective communication, high-alert medication safety, surgical safety, infection prevention, and fall prevention

Answer

The 6 IPSGs (JCI/CBAHI) adopted in Saudi hospitals: 1) Identify patients correctly, 2) Improve effective communication, 3) Improve safety of high-alert medications, 4) Ensure safe surgery (correct site/procedure/patient), 5) Reduce healthcare-associated infections, 6) Reduce patient falls.

Question 2

What is informed consent and what are the nurse's responsibilities?

Accepted Answer

The nurse ensures the patient understands the procedure, witnesses the consent signature, and documents the process — the physician explains risks/benefits

Answer

Informed consent is the physician's responsibility to explain (procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives). The nurse's role: ensure patient understanding, witness the signature, verify the patient is competent and not coerced, and document. In Saudi Arabia, consent follows Islamic ethics and MOH guidelines.

Question 3

What should a nurse do when a medication error occurs?

Accepted Answer

Assess the patient immediately, notify the physician, document the error, complete an incident report, and follow hospital protocol

Answer

After a medication error: 1) Assess patient immediately, 2) Notify physician and implement countermeasures if needed, 3) Notify charge nurse, 4) Document what happened, 5) Complete an incident/occurrence report, 6) Monitor the patient. Saudi hospitals emphasize a non-punitive reporting culture.

Question 4

What is the nurse's ethical obligation regarding patient confidentiality?

Accepted Answer

Protect all patient health information, share only with authorized care team members on a need-to-know basis, and follow Saudi health data privacy regulations

Answer

Nurses must protect all patient information (health data, personal details, images). Information is shared only with authorized healthcare team members directly involved in care. Saudi health data privacy regulations and nursing ethics codes strictly enforce confidentiality.

Question 5

What is the surgical safety checklist (WHO) and the nurse's role in its implementation?

Accepted Answer

A three-phase checklist (before anesthesia, before incision, before leaving OR) that the nurse helps lead to prevent surgical errors

Answer

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has three phases: Sign In (before anesthesia — patient identity, consent, site marking), Time Out (before incision — team introduction, procedure confirmation), Sign Out (before leaving OR — counts, specimens, recovery plan). Nurses often lead the checklist.

Saudi Prometric Nursing Practice Test

Saudi Prometric Nursing Practice Test

Saudi Prometric Nursing Patient Safety and Ethics