Cultural and spiritual aspects — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Which type of medical error analysis involves a retrospective approach, applied after failure to prevent recurrence?_____

Answer: Root cause analysis

Flashcard 2: A _____ is a medical outcome that should never occur

Answer: "never event"

Flashcard 3: The Beers criteria are used to reduce potential inappropriate prescribing and harmful polypharmacy in the _____ population

Answer: geriatric

Flashcard 4: Patients typically get exposed to _____ radiation via nuclear reactor accidents or radiotherapy

Answer: Ionizing

Flashcard 5: What are three common types of advance directives? (medical law)

Answer: 1 - oral advance directive (often informal) 2 - written advance directive (formal living will) 3 - medical power of attorney

Flashcard 6: advance directive (medical law)

Answer: instructions given by a patient in anticipation of the need to make a medical decision in the future (state-specific)

Flashcard 7: When is an extremely important time to re-address advanced care planning for end-of-life issues? _____

Answer: Hospital admission

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