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What is the leading and most costly occupational health problem in the unit
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ed states?
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- headache
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needlesticks and sharps injury resulting in exposures to transmissible disea
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ses
- overexertion leading to back strains sand sprain
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- overwork leading to fatigue -
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Precise Answer ✔✔overexertion leading to back strains sand sprain
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when should leak testing of a flexible endoscope be performed?
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- after manual cleaning and before it is placed into cleaning solution
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after manual cleaning and being placed into cleaning solution and before d
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rying
- at the point of use during precleaning
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- before manual cleaning and before it is placed into cleaning -
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Precise Answer ✔✔before manual cleaning and before it is placed into cle
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aning.
,an rn circulator hears an anesthesia professional ask an unlicensed assistive
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person (UAP) to push IV. What should the perioperative rn immediately d
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o?
- help the UAP administer the IV push medication
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notify the charge rn that the UAP is performing a task that is not within his j
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ob description
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offer assistance to the anesthesia professional so that the anesthesia profes
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sional can administer the medication himself
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ntell the UAP to stop and the perioperative rn should administer the medicat
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ion for the anesthesia professional. -
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nPrecise Answer ✔✔offer assistance to the anesthesia professional so that t
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he anesthesia professional can administer the medication himself
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After a vaginal hysterectomy, a healthy 47-yr-
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old woman is in the postanesthesia care unit. Her body mass index is 22. her
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arterial blood gas test results are pH 7.52, PaCO2 28, HCO3 24. the patient'
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s condition is
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metabolic acidosis n
metabolic alkalosis n
respiratory acidosis n
respiratory alkalosis - Precise Answer ✔✔respiratory alkalosis
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,an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) does not have a radiology department
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at the facility. When surgical count discrepancies occur, what actions shoul
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d be taken 1st by the perioperative rn?
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- arrange for the pt to be x-rayed for the missing item at the closest hospital
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- document the results of the surgical count
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- follow the ASC's standardized process to locate the missing item
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inform the pt's family or caregiver that the procedure is taking longer than e
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xpected due to the missing item - n n n n n n
Precise Answer ✔✔follow the ASC's standardized process to locate the mi
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ssing item n
the perioperative rn should be recognized that the most common complicat
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ion for a pt with multiple traumatic injuries is
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fluid and electrolyte imbalance
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hemorrhage
infection
shock - Precise Answer ✔✔shock n n n n
in addition to the pt's identity, which of the following should be confirmed t
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o help decrease the risk for wrong site surgery?
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, allergies
medication history n
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procedure and site - Precise Answer ✔✔procedure and site
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what statement related to medication management in an ASC is TRUE?
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a pharmacist may be contracted by the health care organization to provide
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consultative services on site or by telepharmacy. n n n n n n
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An rn or pharmacist may be contracted by the health care organization to pr
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ovide pharmaceutical services.
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Pharmaceutical services must be provided by a pharmacist who is on site at
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the ASC.
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Physicians and pharmacists are the only licensed professional who may pr
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ovide pharmaceutical services at an ASC -
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Precise Answer ✔✔a pharmacist may be contracted by the health care orga
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nization to provide consultative services on site or by telepharmacy.
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Mr. w is a 52-yr- n n n n
old man in the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath a
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nd tingling fingers. His breathing is shallow and rapid. He denies that he ha
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s diabetes, and his blood sugar is within normal limits. There are no electro
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cardiogram changes. He has no significant respiratory or cardiac history. H
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