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ECHELON EXAM PREVENT ION OF
MEDICAL ERRORS POST -TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S
RATED A+ NEW UPDATE ASSURED
SATISFACTION
Question :When giving medications always check the
patient, the drug, the dose, the route, and the Doctor Temperature Last eating episode Time
CORRECT ANSWER :Time
Question :To support the goal for patients to be actively
involved in their own care, The Joint Commission requested caregivers in Critical Access Hospitals to Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns Ask patients to give them a list of all their medications Educate the staff on oxygen hazards Have patients mark their bodies to indicate the correct surgical site
CORRECT ANSWER :Encourage patients and their
families to report safety concerns
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Question :Reports of Incidents must be given to the
facility's Risk Manager At the end of every month Within
- calendar days Quarterly At the end of every day
CORRECT ANSWER:Within 3 days
Question :Which of the following is NOT accurate
regarding FMEA? The goal is to redesign the process to minimize failure risk and enhance patient safety Multiple control measures may be placed in a process to control one hazard Criticality equals failure frequency multiplied by failure severity, multiplied by failure detectability A control measure is generally used only one time in a specific process
CORRECT ANSWER :A control measure is generally
used only one time in a specific process
Question :Children are the population group most prone
to overdose. True False
CORRECT ANSWER :t
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Question :Dispelling the attitude that the surgeon should
never be questioned can help prevent wrong site surgeries. True False
CORRECT ANSWER :t
Question :Which of the following would NOT be a goal
for patient/client and family education? Teaching them to report any herbs and vitamins they are taking Teaching them the importance of following treatment instructions Teaching them to report all prescription drugs they are taking Teaching them to listen carefully to their doctor and not continually question
CORRECT ANSWER :Teaching them to listen carefully
to their doctor and not continually question
Question :Which of the following would be considered an
"official" barrier to reporting? A "published" reporting protocol Administrative recognition for reporting near misses Fear of punishment or negative employee review Fear of lawsuits from an angry patient
CORRECT ANSWER :Fear of punishment or negative
employee review
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Question :Potentially serious mix-ups between these two
drugs have been linked to look-alike packaging and the use of MET as a mnemonic. (Brand names are given) Flagyl and Glucophage Ambisome and Abelcet Humulin and Humalog Ativan and Xanax CORRECT ANSWER :INCORRECT: Humulin and Humalog
Question :Verbal orders should not be taken for Heparin
Insulin Anticoagulants Chemotherapy
CORRECT ANSWER :CHEMO
Question :Which incident has the highest annual death
rate? Aids Motor vehicle accidents Medical errors Breast cancer
CORRECT ANSWER :medical error
Question :Systems that rely on error-free performances
Will always succeed Are doomed to fail Are highly recommended Should always be the goal