44. When a medical professional fails to use an indicated diagnostic test, he or she is not acting in the best interest of the patient, and the result will be a faulty diagnosis which ultimately means the patient will not heal or improve. This phenomenon is known as what? a. Failure to use an indicated diagnostic test. b. Misreading of test results. c. Adverse drug reaction. d. Beneficence. 45. Which of the following outlines the four stages and sequence of the medication process? a. Physician ordering, transcription, pharmacy dispensing; nursing administration. b. Pharmacy dispensing, transcription, nursing administration, patient adherence. c. Nurses ordering, transcription, pharmacy dispensing, physician assistant administration. d. Physician ordering, pharmacy dispensing, nursing administration, documentation. 46. Studies show that over how many people are injured or die each year in hospitals from adverse drug events?
36. Which of the following terms refers to when a medical professional fails to prescribe a medication from which the patient would likely have benefited? a. Error of omission. b. Error of commission. c. Adverse medical decision. d. Beneficence. 37. Which of the following ethical principles refers to doing no harm? a. Justice. b. Autonomy. c. Beneficence. d. Nonmaleficence. 38. A partnership needs to be developed between the patient and medical professional to jointly engage in ensuring that the appropriate care is provided in the following manner: a. At the right place and time. b. To the correct person. c. In the safest and most efficient manner. d. All of the above. 39. Bar code medication administration (BCMA) systems reduce medication errors by electronically verifying the “5 rights” of medication administration, which include which of the following? a. Right patient, right dose, right drug, right time, right route. b. Right prescription, right drug class, right time, right route. c. Right type of medication right person, right medication, right time, right route, right taste. d. Right pace and time, correct person, safest and most efficient manner. 40. Which of the following refers to a specific situation in which a drug, procedure, or surgery should not be used because it may be harmful to the patient? a. Adverse drug event. b. Indication. c. Contraindication. d. Medical error. 41. Which of the following uses works by setting an application called an event monitor over a clinical database? a. Computerized RCA. b. Computerized MDE. c. Computerized CTS. d. Computerized ADE. 42. Which of the following are components of the root cause analysis process? a. Define the problem. b. Gather data/evidence. c. Identify the fundamental relationships associated with the defined problem. d. All of the above. 43. Which of the following is a type of medical error that can occur? a. Misdiagnosis of symptoms. b. Errors in medication. c. Surgical errors. d. All of these are medical errors that can occur.
a. 250,000. b. 500,000. c. 770,000 d. 1 million.
47. Hospital expenses to treat patients who suffer ADEs during hospitalization are estimated at between how many dollars annually? a. $ 770,000 and $ 1 million.
b. $1.56 and $5.6 million. c. $1.56 and $5.6 billion. d. $6.2 and $7 billion
48. Medication errors cause at least ________ death(s) every day and injure approximately 1.5 million people annually in the United States.
a. One. b. Two.
c. Three. d. Seven 49. Which of the following can contribute to a medication error? a. Poor handwriting. b. Confusion with drugs with similar names. c. Poor packaging design. d. All of the above can contribute to a medication error. 50. What occurs when a wrong operative procedure occurs, a professional fails to remove a foreign object, or an operation happens on the wrong site? a. Adverse drug reaction. b. Surgical error. c. Medication errors. d. Hospital acquired infection. 51. The IOM determined that more errors occur in the health care systems due to what? a. Poor systems design, organizational factors. b. Short staffing, lack of training. c. Lack of control by staff related to poor system designs. d. Not using a root cause analysis.
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