Quality of Care Came to the Forefront in 1999 with the Release

question 18

Multiple Choice

Quality of care came to the forefront in 1999 with the release of the Institute of Medicine report about medical errors. What are some of the main untoward events categorized in this report? Select all that apply.

• A) Wrong-site surgery
• B) Adverse drug events
• C) Improper transfusions
• D) Restraint related deaths
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Backward Conditioning

A conditioning process where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented after the unconditioned stimulus (US), often resulting in a weaker learned association.

Associative Linkage

Associative linkage refers to the process by which ideas and experiences become connected in the mind, forming a network of related concepts that can influence memory and perception.

Generalization

The process by which an organism responds similarly to different stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.