The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff
communication review the need for
A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right
person on time
B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care
C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfer to the
postanesthesia care unit
D. Conducting a daily huddle on the unit
A, ensuring important test results are communicated to the right
person on time
,Which of the following is a potential contraindication to the use of a
pneumatic tourniquet?
A. Pt has undergone prev joint replacement surgery
B. Pt is older than 80 years old
C. Pt has sickle cell anemia
D. Pt's operative extremity has been shaved
C. Sickle cell anemia
,Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors
A. Male patients 25-40
B. Bariatric patients
C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy
D. Pediatric patients
D. Pediatric patients
, Which of the following is part of the surgical check list
A. When the pt last ate food or drank fluids
B. whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be needed
C. Whom the surgeon should talk to after surgery
D. What pharmacy the patient uses
B. Whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be needed
communication review the need for
A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right
person on time
B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care
C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfer to the
postanesthesia care unit
D. Conducting a daily huddle on the unit
A, ensuring important test results are communicated to the right
person on time
,Which of the following is a potential contraindication to the use of a
pneumatic tourniquet?
A. Pt has undergone prev joint replacement surgery
B. Pt is older than 80 years old
C. Pt has sickle cell anemia
D. Pt's operative extremity has been shaved
C. Sickle cell anemia
,Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors
A. Male patients 25-40
B. Bariatric patients
C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy
D. Pediatric patients
D. Pediatric patients
, Which of the following is part of the surgical check list
A. When the pt last ate food or drank fluids
B. whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be needed
C. Whom the surgeon should talk to after surgery
D. What pharmacy the patient uses
B. Whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be needed
