Which Situation Would Be Included in Reporting for Joint Commission

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which situation would be included in reporting for Joint Commission mandatory national patient safety goals?

• A) The average wait time in the emergency department has increased by 5 minutes over last year's average.
• B) A client is left waiting in the hallway because the transport person did not make contact with the client's nurse.
• C) A nurse gives a medication by the wrong route.
• D) A client developed sepsis after insertion of a urinary catheter.
• E) Surgery is done on a client's right eye instead of the left eye.

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Definitions:

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning schedule in which every correct response is followed by a reward, facilitating rapid learning.

Insight Learning

A sudden understanding of how to solve a problem after a period of either inaction or thinking about the problem.

Shaping

A method in behavioral psychology where successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.

Token Economy

A behavior modification system that utilizes tokens as a form of reinforcement for desirable behaviors, which can be exchanged for rewards.