Medical Errors Prevention Post-Test & Evaluation Survey

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* 2. Please indicate credentials

Physician-MD/DPM (credit will apply towards Medical Errors Prevention requirement)

Physician-DO (will receive general credit-does not count towards Medical error requirement)

PA (credit will apply towards Medical Errors Prevention requirement)

APRN (credit will apply towards Medical Errors Prevention requirement)

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What type of certificate do you wish?

CE Broker reporting only; no certificate needed

CE Broker reporting and e-certificate

E-Certificate only

Paper sent via interoffice mail

E-mail or physical address to send certificate

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* 4. Florida license number for CE Broker reporting:

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* 5. How many credit(s) are you claiming:

1.00

1.50

maximum (2.0)

Other (please specify)

Medical Error Prevention test (a passing score of 80% is required).

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* 6. Medical error is defined as:

The failure of a planned action be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.

An unintended act or omission, or a flawed system or plan, that harms or has the potential to harm a patient.

Errors that are caused by faulty systems, processes, and conditions that lead people to make mistakes or fail to prevent them.

All are correct.

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* 7. b'Patient hand-offs typically fail due to which of the following:'

Healthcare team members are not properly trained in patient hand-off procedures

Inadequate, incomplete, or nonexistent documentation relative to the patient being handed-off causing chaos in the hand-off/transfer process

Language barriers and cultural and/or ethnic factors are not considered in the patient hand-off process

All of the above

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* 8. Two in five Americans say they have either personally experienced a medical error or had a medical error occur in the care of someone close to them.

True

False

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* 9. According to Florida law, which of the following adverse incidents must be reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) within 15 calendar days?

The removal of an unplanned foreign body left from a previous surgical procedure.

The unnatural death of a patient

The surgical repair of damage resulting to a patient from a planned surgical procedure, where the damage is not a recognized specific risk, as disclosed to the patient and documented through the informed-consent process.

Brain damage caused by a surgical procedure.

All of the above.

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* 10. Which of the following is not an example of a sentinel event reportable to the Joint Commission?

Unanticipated death of a full-term infant

Rape

Abduction of any patient receiving care, treatment and services.

Discharge of an elderly patient to the wrong long-term care facility

All of the above

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* 11. Root cause analysis in medical errors is a process for identifying the factors that underlie variation in performance, including the occurrence or near miss of a sentinel event.

True

False

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* 12. Diagnostic errors are the leading type of medical error and are more prevalent and lethal in the outpatient setting when compared to the inpatient setting.

True

False

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* 13. Which of the following OB/GYN conditions have a potential for misdiagnosis are:

Ectopic pregnancy

Adolescent polycystic ovary syndrome

Endometriosis

All of the above

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* 14. Missed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) diagnosis include failure to

Interpret of electrocardiogram

Perform EKG or lack of proper cardiac enzyme test

Interpret history

All of the above

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* 15. Breaking transmission of infectious and/or communicable diseases is best done by:

Prevention of healthcare-associated infections and appropriate antibiotic prescribing

Complete H&P including sexual history

Don't work sick

Practice hand hygiene and use standard precautions

Follow up with cultures as appropriate

All of the above

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* 16. In which of the following areas are contributory to medication errors

Dispensing of medications from pharmacy

Ordering/prescribing of medications

Administration of medication to patients, i.e. the five rights

Transcribing/documentation that medication(s) were given to patients

All of the above

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* 17. Prescription medication errors are due to which of the following causes:

Patient misuse of medications because of poor understanding due to multiple factors, e.g. lack of validation of patient understanding by healthcare team members(s)

Ambiguity in product names, directions for use, medical abbreviations and/or illegibility in written or EMR produced prescriptions

Deficiencies in competency skills

Poor verbal and/or written communication among healthcare team members

All of the above

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* 18. Which intervention(s) may be incorporated into practice to prevent medication errors:

Follow FDA Drug Schedule and use EFORCSE

Provide on-going monitoring of drug-related behavior with drug testing as necessary

Develop written plan for assessing patient's risk of aberrant drug related behavior

Obtain complete medical H&P evaluation prior to treatment and document within medical record

All of the above

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* 19. Provider burnout is a contributory cause of medical error, exhibiting which symptom?

Emotional exhaustion

Feelings of low achievement

Decreased effectiveness

Depersonalization

All of the above

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* 20. Which of the following education strategies can be employed with patients and/or families to prevent medical errors:

Encourage patients to be engaged in their care

Remind patients to inform all providers about their current medications: prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, supplements, vitamins, and herbs

Include patients and their families as a part of the "care team"

Ask patients if one or more of their medication dosages have been missed

Educate patients to notify providers of known allergies

All of the above

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* 1. Full Name:

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* 2. Please indicate credentials

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* 3. What type of certificate do you wish?

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* 4. Florida license number for CE Broker reporting:

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* 5. How many credit(s) are you claiming:

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* 6. Medical error is defined as:

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* 7. b'Patient hand-offs typically fail due to which of the following:'

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* 8. Two in five Americans say they have either personally experienced a medical error or had a medical error occur in the care of someone close to them.

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* 9. According to Florida law, which of the following adverse incidents must be reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) within 15 calendar days?

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* 10. Which of the following is not an example of a sentinel event reportable to the Joint Commission?

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* 11. Root cause analysis in medical errors is a process for identifying the factors that underlie variation in performance, including the occurrence or near miss of a sentinel event.

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* 12. Diagnostic errors are the leading type of medical error and are more prevalent and lethal in the outpatient setting when compared to the inpatient setting.

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* 13. Which of the following OB/GYN conditions have a potential for misdiagnosis are:

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* 14. Missed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) diagnosis include failure to

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* 15. Breaking transmission of infectious and/or communicable diseases is best done by:

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* 16. In which of the following areas are contributory to medication errors

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* 17. Prescription medication errors are due to which of the following causes:

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* 18. Which intervention(s) may be incorporated into practice to prevent medication errors:

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* 19. Provider burnout is a contributory cause of medical error, exhibiting which symptom?

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* 20. Which of the following education strategies can be employed with patients and/or families to prevent medical errors: