NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 1 Quiz   

Lecture/Media Progress Monitor

Question 1 What was the landmark document that started the modern patient safety movement?

  Declaration of patients’ bill of rights

  New Yorker article on patient rights marches in Washington, DC

  Institute of Medicine report “To err is human”

  New York Times report of a wrong leg amputation case

 Question 2 What do the holes in the Swiss Cheese Model of Safety represent?

  Flaws in safety defenses

  Unique patient conditions

  Things that cannot be controlled or predicted

  Loopholes in regulations

 Question 3 What are the most common harms from health care?

  Mistakes with medications and preventable infections

  Physical violence, falls, and electric burns

  Tripping over wires, lines, tubes and carpets

  Accidental punctuations and lacerations

 Question 4 Which of the following is an important safety measure based on assigned reading?

  Hiring only people who are careful, and firing those who are not

  Publicly identifying those who have made errors and mistakes

  Building a team of compliance officers

  Implementing checks and balances, and building strong communications

 Question 5 Based on published estimates, how many people die each year due to medical errors?

  40,000, about the same as those from road traffic accidents

  614,000, about the same as those from heart diseases

  Ranging from 44,000 to 440,000, as the third leading cause of death.

  591,000, about the same as those from cancer