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