Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles and practices essential for promoting patient safety and quality improvement within healthcare settings. Students will examine the causes and prevention of medical errors, strategies for reporting and analyzing adverse events, and the integration of evidence-based practices to optimize patient outcomes. The curriculum covers regulatory frameworks, patient-centered care, interprofessional teamwork, and the use of quality improvement methodologies such as Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. Emphasis is placed on cultivating a culture of safety, effective communication, and continuous learning to advance healthcare quality and protect patient well-being.
Recommended Textbook
Quality and Safety for Transformational Nursing Core Competencies 1st Edition by Kim Amer
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Chapter 1: Risk and Threats to Safe Quality Care in Hospital Settings
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Q1) The nurse manager is reviewing a plan created to improve the quality of patient care. What would be included as the focus of this plan? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Process
B) Structure
C) Outcome
D) Leadership
E) Team function Correct
Answer: A,B,C
Q2) The nurse is reviewing actions implemented to address quality of care issues. Which action is a direct response to the Institute of Medicine publications on quality patient care?
A) Implementing a protocol to screen for hospital acquired infections
B) Creating a new program within schools of nursing that focus on quality
C) Restricting nurses from designing and implementing quality care changes
D) Developing safety and quality care competencies by the American Nurses Association Correct
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Quality and Safety Models
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Q1) A preceptor is helping a new staff nurse improve communication with physician staff members. What approach would the preceptor use to help the nurse develop consistency and objectivity when communicating patient care issues with physicians?
A) COPA
B) SBAR
C) Evidence-based practice
D) Continuous quality improvement Correct
Answer: B
Q2) The nurse desires to improve caring and relationship skills when providing patient care. On what will this nurse focus? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Patient advocacy
B) Decision making
C) Cultural respect
D) Morality
E) Ethics Correct
Answer: A,C,D,E
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Chapter 3: Transition to Practice: an Essential Element of
Quality and Safety
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Q1) The nurse manager identifies that an increase in medication errors and adverse patient incidents are occurring with the new nurses. What would be happening with the new nursing staff that is causing this increase in patient safety issues?
A) Participation in a year-long transition to practice program continues
B) Participation in a formal orientation program has ended
C) More rigid disciplinary procedures for novice nurses
D) Less rigid disciplinary procedures for novice nurses Correct
Answer: B
Q2) An organization is planning to implement the National Council of the State Boards of Nursing's (NCSBN) transition to nursing practice model. What is a guiding principle of this model?
A) Promote public safety by supporting new nurses
B) Outcomes to be consistent with safe nursing care
C) Select best practice models to protect the public
D) Focus learning on repetition of specific skills Correct
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Power, Empowerment, and Change in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) The nurse is reviewing a journal article that focuses on the concept of intersectionality. What will the nurse identify as the relevancy of this concept to patient safety and quality care?
A) Strengthens the nurse-patient relationship
B) Improves nurse-physician communication
C) Identifies patient safety and quality issues
D) Explains how all unjust systems are related Correct
Q2) The nurse identified a patient safety issue, however is hesitant to report this finding to management. What fears are causing the nurse to not report this finding? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Being stereotyped
B) Being labeled as selfish
C) Being of being supported
D) Being sidelined for promotions
E) Being told that the finding is not a problem Correct
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Chapter 5: Quality and Safety Education Strategies
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Q1) The nurse manager is reviewing the assertion cycle to be used by staff to improve assertive communication. Place in order the steps of this cycle beginning with the first step to the last.Standard Text: Click and drag the options below to move them up or down.Choice
A) Reach a decision
B) State the problem
C) Propose an action
D) Express your concern
E) Get the person's attention Correct
Q2) The preceptor provides a graduate nurse with a tool to self-assess the nurse's knowledge on teamwork and collaboration. Which criteria would be included on this tool?
A) Describe impact of own communication style on others
B) Initiate a plan for self-development as a team member
C) Value teamwork and the relationships upon which it is based
D) Delineate general categories of error and hazards in care Correct
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Chapter 6: Evaluating a Program: Metrics and Stakeholders
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Q1) A healthcare organization did not consider all of the stakeholders' goals when establishing annual metrics for performance. What can occur when data is being collected about goal achievement?
A) Waste time and effort
B) No goals will be achieved
C) Too much data will be collected
D) Metrics will be positively skewed Correct
Q2) The Human Resources department is planning staff nurse interviews to measure the success of the new employee benefit package. Which type of questions would be the most beneficial for the human resources staff to use for these interviews?
A) Summary
B) Open-ended
C) Calculations
D) Fill in the blank Correct
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Chapter 7: Interprofessional Team Building
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Q1) The nurse manager is working with an architect to physically redesign a patient care area. The new design removes a central nurse's station and creates patient care pods. How will the redesign of the care area influence team development?
A) Facilities collaboration
B) Segregates care givers
C) Maximizes care giver focus
D) Reduces redundancy Correct
Q2) Weekly "heads up" conferences are being planned for a patient care area. What will the nurse manager explain as the overall goal for these conferences?
A) Identify problems
B) Generate solutions
C) Discuss communication issues
D) Discover breaks in the system Correct
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Chapter 8: Transforming Care at the Bedside Tcab
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Q1) The nursing staff on a patient care area wants to implement a change to a care process. What role will the nurse manager have with the implementation of this change?
A) Discuss the change with the hospital administrator.
B) Make sure all nursing staff is engaged in the process.
C) Expect the nursing staff to make the change independently.
D) Obtain permission for the change from the medical director. Correct
Q2) The nurse manager is evaluating the impact of Transforming Care at the Bedside on a patient care area. Which statement indicates the program is being well-received by the nursing staff?
A) "This is just one more way to keep nurses quiet."
B) "I feel respected when I provide patient care."
C) "No one listens to my complaints anymore."
D) "It will be done for a while and then fade away." Correct
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Chapter 9: Informatics and Nursing: Using Technology to Improve Quality
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Q1) An organization desires to use technology to improve the quality of patient care. Which criterion would be important for the organization to keep in mind when previewing technologies?
A) Use of the technology to make decisions
B) Ability of the technology to track outcomes
C) Level that the technology can replace human judgment
D) Substitution of the technology for basic caring concepts Correct
Q2) The nurse is making a visit to a patient after computerized monitoring equipment was delivered to the home. On which area is the most important for the nurse to focus when reviewing the equipment with the patient?
A) Tasks
B) Equipment
C) User's ability
D) Environment Correct
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Chapter 10: Patient-Centered Care
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Q1) A patient recovering from spinal surgery is being discharged home. What needs to be done to ensure this patient's safety after discharge from the hospital?
A) Make follow-up appointments.
B) Assess the home environment.
C) Review prescribed medications.
D) Review wound care. Correct
Q2) During an assessment the nurse asks the patient about his cultural background. How will this information help the nurse plan care for the patient?
A) Facilitates family-to-family support
B) Provides emotional and financial support
C) Recognizes strengths and individuality
D) Develops a strong patient-nurse relationship Correct
Q3) A patient from another culture is demonstrating noncompliance with prescribed medical treatment. What could be contributing to this patient's behavior?
A) Using an interpreter for communication
B) Including the family in the patient's care
C) Speaking up for the patient's preferences
D) Focusing on task completion Correct
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Chapter 11: Quality Health Care, Policy and Law
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Q1) An organization is adopting processes of a high reliability organization. Which processes will help the nursing staff prevent errors? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Being aware of risks
B) Responding to errors
C) Seeing the big picture
D) Blaming the right party
E) Seeking out information Correct
Q2) After providing morning medications the nurse realizes that a medication error was made. What should the nurse do?
A) Evaluate the patient for effects of the medication error.
B) Document that medications were switched between patients.
C) Encourage the patient to ingest more water throughout the day.
D) Tell the truth and report the medication error according to policy. Correct
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Chapter 12: Future-Focused Quality Nursing
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Q1) A staff nurse is planning to apply for a nurse manager position. Which behaviors would the nurse prepare to demonstrate during the interview process? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Clear communication
B) Good listening skills
C) Self-confidence
D) Self-motivation
E) Persistence Correct
Q2) A healthcare organization is planning to implement the Triple Aim goals. Which actions would this organization plan during the implementation of these goals? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) An open house for community members to tour the hospital and facilities
B) Schedule wellness clinics for community members to have blood pressure checks
C) Promote smoking cessation classes for community members most days of the week
D) Plan a health insurance provider day for community members to change insurance coverage
E) Send flyers to community members announcing new surgical procedures done in the facility Correct
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