TEST BANK
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery
Jane C. Rothrock
17th Edition
Chapters 1-30 (Questions with Rationalized Answers)
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, Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundations for Practice
1. Concepts Basic to Perioperative Nursing
2. Patient Safety and Risk Management
3. Workplace Issues and Staff Safety
4. Infection Prevention and Control
5. Anesthesia
6. Positioning the Patient for Surgery
7. Sutures, Sharps, and Instruments
8. Surgical Modalities
9. Wound Healing, Dressings, and Drains
10. Postoperative Patient Care and Pain Management
Unit 2: Surgical Interventions
11. Gastrointestinal Surgery
12. Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract, Pancreas, and Spleen
13. Hernia Repair
14. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
15. Genitourinary Surgery
16. Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
17. Breast Surgery
18. Ophthalmic Surgery
19. Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery
20. Orthopedic Surgery
21. Neurosurgery
22. Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
23. Vascular Surgery
24. Cardiac Surgery
Unit 3: Special Considerations
26. Pediatric Surgery
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,27. Geriatric Surgery
28. Trauma Surgery
29. Interventional and Image-Guided Procedures
30. Integrative Health Practices: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
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, Chapter 01: Concepts Basic to Perioperative Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The Perioperative Patient Focused Model presents key components of nursing influence that guide
patient care. Select the statement that best describes the dynamic relationship within the model.
a. The patient experience and the nursing presence are in continuous interaction.
b. Structure, process, and outcome are the foundation domains of the model.
c. The perioperative nurse is the central dynamic core of the model.
d. The interrelated nursing process rings bind the patient to the model.
ANS: A
The Perioperative Patient Focused Model consists of domains or areas of nursing concern: nursing
diagnoses, nursing interventions, and patient outcomes. These domains are in continuous interaction with
the health system that encircles the focus of perioperative nursing practice—the patient.
2. The Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses‘ (AORN) Standards of Perioperative Nursing
describes nursing interactions, interventions, and activities with patients. This is based on which standards
category?
a. Evidence-based
b. Process
c. Outcome
d. Structural
ANS: B
Process standards relate to nursing activities, interventions, and interactions. They are used to explicate
clinical, professional, and quality objectives in perioperative nursing.
3. Which order best describes the process used to implement evidence-based professional nursing?
a. Literature search, theory review, data analysis, policy development
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Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery
Jane C. Rothrock
17th Edition
Chapters 1-30 (Questions with Rationalized Answers)
1|Page
, Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundations for Practice
1. Concepts Basic to Perioperative Nursing
2. Patient Safety and Risk Management
3. Workplace Issues and Staff Safety
4. Infection Prevention and Control
5. Anesthesia
6. Positioning the Patient for Surgery
7. Sutures, Sharps, and Instruments
8. Surgical Modalities
9. Wound Healing, Dressings, and Drains
10. Postoperative Patient Care and Pain Management
Unit 2: Surgical Interventions
11. Gastrointestinal Surgery
12. Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract, Pancreas, and Spleen
13. Hernia Repair
14. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
15. Genitourinary Surgery
16. Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
17. Breast Surgery
18. Ophthalmic Surgery
19. Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery
20. Orthopedic Surgery
21. Neurosurgery
22. Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
23. Vascular Surgery
24. Cardiac Surgery
Unit 3: Special Considerations
26. Pediatric Surgery
2|Page
,27. Geriatric Surgery
28. Trauma Surgery
29. Interventional and Image-Guided Procedures
30. Integrative Health Practices: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
3|Page
, Chapter 01: Concepts Basic to Perioperative Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The Perioperative Patient Focused Model presents key components of nursing influence that guide
patient care. Select the statement that best describes the dynamic relationship within the model.
a. The patient experience and the nursing presence are in continuous interaction.
b. Structure, process, and outcome are the foundation domains of the model.
c. The perioperative nurse is the central dynamic core of the model.
d. The interrelated nursing process rings bind the patient to the model.
ANS: A
The Perioperative Patient Focused Model consists of domains or areas of nursing concern: nursing
diagnoses, nursing interventions, and patient outcomes. These domains are in continuous interaction with
the health system that encircles the focus of perioperative nursing practice—the patient.
2. The Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses‘ (AORN) Standards of Perioperative Nursing
describes nursing interactions, interventions, and activities with patients. This is based on which standards
category?
a. Evidence-based
b. Process
c. Outcome
d. Structural
ANS: B
Process standards relate to nursing activities, interventions, and interactions. They are used to explicate
clinical, professional, and quality objectives in perioperative nursing.
3. Which order best describes the process used to implement evidence-based professional nursing?
a. Literature search, theory review, data analysis, policy development
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