TEST BANK FOR ALEXANDER’S CARE OF THE PATIENT IN SURGERY 15TH EDITION BY ROTHROCK

Chapter 02: Patient Safety and Risk Management Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Governmental and professional agencies and organizations, whether voluntary or involuntary, have a significant influence on patient safety policies in the healthcare setting. Select the agency or organization statement that presents a true reflection of its focus or purpose. a. The Joint Commission (TJC): Nonvoluntary bureau that tests healthcare institutions against evidence-based elements of performance b. Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP): Trends surgical site infection statistics c. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Professional organization of anesthesia providers and technologists d. World Health Organization (WHO): United Nations (UN)–based and supported authority on health throughout most of the world 2. Since its organization and establishment as a professional nursing association in the early 1950s, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) continues its endeavor to: a. promote guidelines influencing patient safety. b. create professional operating room (OR) nursing care delivery models. c. interpret healthcare statistics critical to perioperative nursing care. d. ensure risk reduction strategies are the foundation of perioperative education. 3. A healthy 32-year-old nursing student is scheduled for excision of a left-sided subglottal cyst with frozen section and possible radical neck dissection. The preoperative verification process provides the opportunity to collect and verify information about the patient to ensure patient safety. Among the patient data that must be verified are: a. emergency contact name. b. laboratory and imaging results. c. advance directive on file. d. immunization records.