CT Hospital Association Health & Safety Course Post-Test | Office of Clinical Placement Coordination

This quiz is for students whose program as notified them that their assigned clinical/practicum placement agency requires completion of the Connecticut Hospital Association’s Health & Safety Course and the CHA’s post-test covering the course material. You must score at least 86% to pass the quiz. After you pass the quiz, you’ll see a confirmation page you can screenshot to submit to the corresponding requirement in CoreELMS (you’ll also receive an email with your passing quiz information).

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1. In the event of an emergency occurring during clinical experience, the student should:(Required)

a) Report to the clinical instructor if it is safe to do so

b) Report to the emergency room

c) Leave the facility and return to school

d) Report to the emergency operations center

2. As a student your role in an emergency includes:(Required)

a) Being able to recognize and activate alarms

b) Knowing where the fire extinguishers and alarms are located

c) Knowing the hospital emergency number

d) Knowing the hospital code system

e) All of the above

3. R.A.C.E stands for Rescue, Alarm, Confine/Contain and Extinguish.(Required)

a) True

b) False

4. You should treat all fire alarms as a real emergency because there is no differentiation between a drill or a real emergency.(Required)

a) True

b) False

5. When identifying a hazard, you should notify which people?(Required)

a) Clinical Instructor

b) Charge Nurse

c) Preceptor

d) Any of the above individuals

6. To utilize a fire extinguisher, the _________ protocol should be implemented.(Required)

a) P.A.S.T.

b) P.A.S.S.

c) P.A.T.H.

d) None of the above

7. Chemical safety guidelines include the use of an SDS. Students know these can be found:(Required)

a) In print at the facility

b) On the hospital Intranet

c) On recommended websites

d) All of the above

8. Chemicals can enter the body through various types of exposure including:(Required)

a) Inhalation and absorption

b) Ingestion and injection

c) Evaporation

d) A and B

9. To utilize a chemical properly, one must know: (Select all that apply)(Required)

a) The proper use

b) The specific chemical components

c) Precautions if required

d) Treatment if exposed

10. In the event of a hazardous spill, do the following:(Required)

a) Notify the department or personal responsible for clean-up

b) Call 911

c) Protect your safety and others

d) A and C

11. Regarding radiation exposure, one should follow which of the following? (Select all that apply)(Required)

a) Minimize the time spent in the room of the patient being treated or the time being near them

b) Stay at least 6 feet away when not providing direct care

c) Utilize appropriate shielding devices

d) Use appropriate PPE

12. What is the first step to take if you stick yourself with a used lancet while doing a bedside glucose test?(Required)

a) Notify your clinical instructor so that an incident report can be filled out

b) Flush wound immediately for several minutes with water and antibacterial soap

c) Go to nearest emergency department

d) Page the infectious disease nurse at the clinical site

13. Nursing students can discuss clinical experiences on social media as long as the patient name is not disclosed:(Required)

a) True

b) False

14. Which of the following waste products gets disposed in the red biomedical waste container? (Select all that apply)(Required)

a) Urine cup

b) Surgical sponge saturated with blood

c) Used sanitary pad

d) Gauze dressing saturated with body fluids

15. During your clinical experience, your neighbor is admitted to a patient care unit at the same hospital, but is not your patient. It is ok to look at their medical record if:(Required)

a) Their spouse asks you to

b) It is not appropriate to look at the medical record

c) You just want to make sure they are ok

d) The patient asks you to

16. As a student, you do not have to worry about HIPAA breaches:(Required)

a) True

b) False

17. You and a fellow student are discussing your patient’s condition in a crowded elevator. This is acceptable as long as you do not mention the patient's name:(Required)

a) True

b) False

18. What are core measures?(Required)

a) A patient satisfaction survey required by CMS

b) The only national nursing quality measurement program that provides hospitals with unitlevel performance reports and compares them by state, region, and nation

c) Simple statements of how the organization conducts business

d) A set of practice standards which are required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

19. Policies and procedures vary amongst hospital settings. It is important to be familiar with policies that pertain to the specific hospital you are working in:(Required)

a) True

b) False

20. What are some reasons why workplace injuries occur for healthcare workers who manually move patients?(Required)

a) Heavy lifting

b) Constant twisting

c) Repeated motions that cause fatigue and musculoskeletal injuries

d) All of the above

21. Mechanical lift devices take more time to move a patient than gathering a team of staff to manually move the patient:(Required)

a) True

b) False

22. Which of the following poses an increased risk of violence in the hospital setting?(Required)

a) Avoiding remote, dark areas when you are alone

b) Tightly securing long hair

c) Allowing someone that is not wearing a hospital badge into an "Authorized Only" area

d) Reporting locks that are not working

23. Bullying/intimidation is acceptable in the nursing profession to gain respect:(Required)

a) True

b) False