You will need to answer 14 questions correctly to pass the test.
1. A _____ represents the identification of a potential safety problem, prior to it resulting in an injury.
2. An injury that results from medical management is called a(n) ____.
3. _______ is an unanticipated event in a health care setting that causes death or serious injury to a patient.
4. An athletic trainer accidentally drops an exercise weight onto a patient’s foot causing an injury. This is an example of __________ failure.
5. An electrical stimulation device short circuits and shocks a patient. This is an example of __________.
6. An athletic trainer routinely chooses not to wear policy mandated gloves when treating patients with open wounds. This is an example of a __________.
7. _________ has been shown to be associated with improvements in quality of life and health status, decreased utilization of services, and improved physical activity.
8. An organization’s culture is based on its _________.
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the required components necessary for creating a patient safety culture?
10. Organizational changes should be targeted using multifaceted strategies that focus on redesigning structural factors, revising policies and procedures, and using ________.
11. Change initiatives are successful when they are ______.
12. A button on a piece of equipment is labeled “Push Here to Start”. This is an example of _____________.
13. A ____ makes it impossible to do the wrong thing.
14. Clinical vigilance is the most effective way to prevent medical errors.
15. _________ is the leading root cause of sentinel events.
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the identified components of successful teamwork?
17. Healthcare providers should report errors even if a serious event does not occur.
18. The central element of error disclosure is ___________.
19. There is a strong causal relationship between error disclosure and patient litigation.
20. Root cause analysis focuses on the assignment of individual blame.