Medical Errors
Self-Study Examination
Instructions: After studying the text answer the following true/false or multiple choice questions. Remember, there's only one answer to each question.
a) motor vehicle accidents b) breast cancer c) medical errors d) AIDS
a) more than 50 percent b) less than 50 percent
a) systems. b) individual negligence or misconduct.
a) True b) False
a) less b) more
a) wrong medicine b) patient error c) wrong route of administration d) overdosing
a) increased b) decreased
a) program computers not to process orders unless key information has been entered b) dispense epidural medications only in unique spiral syringes c) use automatic dose reduction for the elderly d) repackage drugs to eliminate look-alikes
a) active b) passive
a) punitive b) nonpunitive
a) medication errors b) surgical errors c) diagnostic inaccuracies d) system failures
a) active b) latent
a) quantitative b) qualitative
a) organizational failures b) technical failures c) human failures
a) 10 b) 8 c) 6 d) 5
a) motor function b) cognitive function c) mood
a) 40 b) 65 c) 80 d) 95
a) cognitive function b) psychomotor performance
a) forward rotation of shift work (morning shifts followed by evening shifts followed by night shifts) b) backward rotation of shifts (day shifts to night shifts to evening shifts)
a) During therapy sessions Poddar made threats to kill himself. b) Poddar’s threats were vague, uncertain and were not directed toward an identifiable individual. c) The psychologist informed the parents of Tatiana about the threats from Poddar, but the girl herself was not notified. d) Two months later Poddar killed Tatiana Tarasoff.