QSEN Application to Clinical Quality and Safety Practice Test
Practice test on applying graduate-level QSEN knowledge, skills, and attitudes to clinical quality and safety issues, based only on the indexed AACN QSEN material.
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1 In the indexed QSEN material, which method is specifically named as an experiential learning approach for small tests of change?
- Root cause analysis
- Plan-Do-Study-Act
- Lean mapping
- Failure mode scoring
The Quality Improvement section names Plan-Do-Study-Act as an experiential learning method for small tests of change.
2 When improving care, what three elements should be aligned according to the quality competency?
- Aims, measures, and changes
- Costs, staffing, and billing
- Tasks, roles, and schedules
- Policies, diagnoses, and referrals
The indexed material explicitly states that improvement work should align aims, measures, and changes.
3 The safety competency values blaming individuals when errors occur in order to improve patient care.
- True
- False
The material emphasizes valuing a systems approach instead of blaming individuals.
4 Which factors are identified in the indexed quality competency as context that can influence improvement efforts? Select all that apply.
Select all that apply
- Access
- Cost
- Environment
- Team functioning
- Community engagement
The indexed quality content names access, cost, environment, workforce, team functioning, and community engagement as contextual factors that affect improvement efforts.
5 Which safety-related concept refers to minimizing risk of harm through both system effectiveness and individual performance?
- Just culture
- Safety
- Patient-centered care
- Informatics
That wording is the definition of the Safety competency.
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