A nurse is aware that the IOM's report, To Err Is Human, had an impact on today's nursing care. Which factor is related to the IOM's report?
A) Received little press at the time it was published but became the seminal work on medical errors by the year 2005
B) Resulted in U.S. Senate and House hearings on the issue within weeks of the report's release
C) Garnered immediate national attention but was fairly ineffective as a catalyst for promoting long-term change
D) Was of limited value to consumers because it was written at a level appropriate only for the scientific and academic communities of interest
There are various ethnical professional associations in nursing. They were each founded to provide a voice for their nurses. Each group has stated visions and specific goals. One group is dedicated to supporting more than just nurses.
Which group supports other health care professionals?
A) NANAINA
B) NBNA
C) AAPINA
D) NAHN
Who is recognized as the founder of public health nursing?
A) Lavinia Dock
B) Lillian Wald
C) Margaret Sanger
D) Martha Minerva Franklin
A nurse is reviewing the literature involving benchmark studies related to medical errors. Which study would the nurse expect to find?
A) Thomas, Studdert, Newhouse, et al., found that the more than one half of adverse events found could not be prevented.
B) To Err Is Human reported that the elderly were at greatest risk for medication errors, experiencing harmful medication errors three times more often than children.
C) To Err Is Human found that deaths due to medical errors in the United States could be considered the eighth leading cause of death in 1999.
D) The July 2004 HealthGrades study found that medical-error statistics published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) had overestimated the problem by as much as 50.
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