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

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 ANS: D The UN created WHO to function as its health oversight and coordination authority for all UN member nations who in turn have joined WHO. In 2004, WHO launched the World Alliance on Patient Safety, by which it began to examine patient safety in acute as well as in primary care settings relevant to all WHO member nations. WHO was created by and functions within the UN as the directing and coordinating authority for health throughout UN member nations. REF: p. 21 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. ANS: A AORN provides an array of standards, recommended practices (RPs), guidelines, publications, videos, and tool kits that specifically address patient safety from the perioperative teams point of view. REF: p. 22 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. ANS: B