UTA NURS3347 2021 April Module 2 Quiz Readings Progress Monitor Latest

NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 2 Quiz  

Readings Progress Monitor

Question 1 Jason is a clinical pharmacist who is interested in learning about human factors. He was given “The ‘How to Guide’ for Implementing Human Factors in Healthcare” (Reading assignment #1 for this module).

He would like to learn a little about human factors related to poor lighting and clutter. Which section of the guide will he look at?

  The physical environment

  Device/product design

  Physical demands

  Mental workload

 Question 2 Jason is also interested in improving the safety culture. He knows that his staff want to be treated fairly, with empathy and consideration when they have been involved in a patient safety incident or have raised a safety issue.

Which section of the guide will he look at?

(Note that the guide is Reading Assignment #1; see more information in the instructions earlier)

  Caring culture

  Fair culture

  Compassion culture

  Just culture

 Question 3 Fatima is a nurse supervisor and she wants to give a short presentation on patient safety. She located the book chapter on human errors (Reading Assignment #2 for this module, see access information earlier).  She wants to give a definition of safety first.

From this chapter, how is safety defined?

  Safety is defined as zero death in the hospital.

  Safety is defined as freedom from accidental injury.

  Safety is defined as perfect patient experience.

  Safety is defined as error free health care.

Question 4 Fatima finds the concept of active errors very interesting. She wants to contrast active errors with other types of errors.

What term is used in the chapter to describe the opposite of an active error?

(The chapter is Reading Assignment #2; see instructions earlier for access information.)

  Latent error

  Passive error

  Static error

  Slow error

 Question 5 Maria is a nurse educator in a pediatric intensive care unit. She always wanted to know more about medication errors, and was glad to locate the article by McDowell, Ferner and Ferner (2009), which is Reading Assignment #3. She plans to have a "lunch and learn" meeting in the unit and to invite physicians as well.

She wants to start the meeting by illustrating dose calculation errors, using the information from the article, and hopes to have some fun conversations on comparing errors made by experienced versus by inexperienced nurses, and those by physicians versus by nurses.

Which of the following statements is supported by the article?

  In 8% of calculations, nurses made a 100 fold-error; pediatricians did so 4% of the time. Experienced nurses made fewer errors than inexperienced nurses, but were more confident of their abilities.

  In 8% of calculations, nurses made a two fold-error; pediatricians did so 4% of the time. Experienced nurses made twice as many errors as inexperienced nurses, but were more confident of their abilities.

  In 8% of calculations, nurses made a 100 fold-error; pediatricians did so 4% of the time. Experienced nurses made more errors than inexperienced nurses, but were more confident of their abilities.

  In 8% of calculations, nurses made a 10 fold-error; pediatricians did so 4% of the time. Experienced nurses made as many errors as inexperienced nurses, but were more confident of their abilities.

 Question 6 After discussions on calculation errors, Maria also wants to discuss factors that alter the risk of errors. The article listed these factors as following: the person performing the action, time, working conditions, the patient, the medicine, site, and training. Maria wants to give examples of each.

For “site”, which list should she use to prepare?

(The article information is provided in the instruction earlier)

  Cephalic, Basilic, median, and metacarpal

  Intensive care, critical care, neonatal, surgical and internal medicine units

  Femoral, subclavian, jugular

  Emergency departments, operating rooms, nursing homes, and community pharmacies