Chapter 5: Patient Safety

Successful Nurse Communication By Boynton

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Chapter 5: Patient Safety

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. Safe care should be an inherent part of every nursing:
A. Intervention
B. Treatment
C. Recommendation
D. All of the above

 

 

ANS:  D                    PTS:   1                    REF:   Page: 58         TOP:   Safe nursing care

 

  1. The definition of patient safety as defined by the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Institute includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Individual performance
B. System effectiveness
C. Comprehensive data review
D. Minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1                    REF:   Page: 59         TOP:   Defining patient safety

 

  1. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) considers quality of care to be:
A. Expensive
B. A luxury
C. Inseparable from patient safety
D. A low priority

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1                    REF:   Page: 59         TOP:   Defining patient safety

 

  1. Since the late 1900s until now, the overall changes associated with patient safety would best be described as:
A. Significantly improved
B. Significantly worse
C. Better in some areas and worse in others
D. None of the above

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1                    REF:   Page: 60

TOP:   A brief history of patient safety

 

  1. The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is to:
A. Produce evidence to make healthcare safer, while maintaining quality and cost effectiveness
B. Produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable
C. Provide technological advances that support safe care
D. Eliminate wasted resources and optimize research data

 

 

ANS:  B                    PTS:   1                    REF:   Page: 60

TOP:   Primary organizations involved in patient safety

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