1. The SCIP acronym stands for
A. surgical care improvement project.
B. surgical care infection prevention
C. surgical case infection prevention
D. surgical care improvement and
B. Evidence-based
prevention.
prac- tice
2. Using research to guide practice is known
as
A. Evidence-based research.
B. Evidence-based practice
C. scholarly nursing practice.
D. theory-based practice.
3. The best method that a perioperative nurse can use to C. washing hands
before
prevent the spread of infection is and after each pt contact.
A. isolating all pt who are suspected of having an
infec- tion.
B. rinsing hands with a strong antiseptic solution.
C. washing hands before and after each pt contact.
D. wearing sterile gloves while performing
nursing procedures.
4. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take when a surgeon becomes verbally abusive?D. Activate the chain of
A. immediately confront the surgeon about the command.
bully- ing and ask for it to stop
B. solicit team support to help calm the surgeon.
C. apologize and try to maintain professionalism.
D. Activate the chain of command.
5. When delegating nursing activities to unlicensed assis- A. retains
accountability for
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tive personnel, the perioperative nurse delegated nursing activi-
A. retains accountability for delegated nursing ties
activi-
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