NAHQ NAHQ-CPHQ Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

NAHQ NAHQ-CPHQ Online Questions & Answers

• Question 411:

  Which of the following measures would best evaluate the health of a metropolitan area?

  A. Life expectancy
  B. Average birth weight
  C. Quality-adjusted life year
  D. Maternal mortality rate
  A. Life expectancy

• Question 412:

  A hospital received 50 Incident reports describing falls that occurred within aone-month period. Which of the following actions should be taken?

  A. Compare details from the Incident reports against the current fall prevention procedures.
  B. Ensure that each Incident report is correctly linked to the appropriate patient health record.
  C. Separate incident reports based on injury status.
  D. Review the Incident reports to Identify contributing factors.
  D. Review the Incident reports to Identify contributing factors.

• Question 413:

  Which management accountability action should be Implemented to ensure continuous readiness tor accreditation survey?

  A. Identify variation between policy and practice.
  B. Convene multidisciplinaryworkgroups prior to the survey.
  C. Initiate rounding on units previously cited.
  D. Delegate survey coordination to subject matter experts.
  A. Identify variation between policy and practice.

• Question 414:

  Leadership at an outpatient multi-specialty clinic is working toward becoming a high- reliability organization. In the past week, there have been three medication errors with high- risk medications in the procedure area. Which of thefollowing responses by leadership is consistent with high-reliability principles?

  A. Create an additional constraint on availability of high-risk medications.
  B. Require medications be double-checked before administration.
  C. Meet with staffinvolved in the errors to gain additional insight.
  D. Ensure risk management staff coordinate disclosure to the patients.
  C. Meet with staffinvolved in the errors to gain additional insight.

• Question 415:

  The best means of reducing sentinel events In a care delivery system Is

  A. layering methods of mistake-proofing.
  B. removing the human variables.
  C. incorporating the perspectives of patients.
  D. using computerized decision-making tools.
  A. layering methods of mistake-proofing.

• Question 416:

  The ultimate responsibility for ensuring and maintaining patient safety in a healthcare organization lies with the:

  A. Governing body.
  B. Vice president of quality.
  C. CEO.
  D. Patient safety officer.
  A. Governing body.

• Question 417:

  Quality measures must be relevant, scientifically sound, and __

  A. Confidential
  B. Inexpensive
  C. Feasible
  D. Flexible
  C. Feasible

• Question 418:

  A recent analysis reveals that reimbursement projection Is being negatively Impacted by post-surgicalrespiratory failure rates. What Is the first step to address this issue?

  A. Conduct focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) on the surgeons in the organization.
  B. identify a team leader and facilitator to Implement a quality Improvement project.
  C. Conduct a focus group with the anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists.
  D. Obtain a list of the patients Identified by this code and conduct a retrospective review.
  D. Obtain a list of the patients Identified by this code and conduct a retrospective review.

• Question 419:

  Which of the following is the most effective method to identify adverse events that cause harm to patients?

  A. benchmarking
  B. conducting a failure mode and effect analysis
  C. using patient satisfaction surveys
  D. employing tiiyu.fi tools
  D. employing tiiyu.fi tools

• Question 420:

  Which team role is responsible for maintaining improvements after the implementation of a quality initiative?

  A. Champion
  B. Process Owner
  C. Sponsor
  D. Facilitator
  B. Process Owner