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
The National Patie
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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
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 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
neededA pt taking ginger preoperatively is at risk for surgical complications that include bleeding, hypotension
and
A. hypoglycemia
B. Bradycardia
C. hypokalemia
D. liver dysfunction - ✔✔B. Bradycardia
A patient is on long term acetyl salicylic acid therapy. Preoperatively, the pt should be counselled to
discontinue taking the medication _________ prior to surgery
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 4 weeks - ✔✔B. 2 weeks
A pt-specific risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is
A. a prev hx of stroke
B. duration of surgery
C. intraoperative position
D. use of a pneumatic tourniquet - ✔✔A. previous history of stroke
Actively warming surgical patients with forced air to prevent hypothermia should begin
A. as soon as the patient enters the OR or procedure room
B. In the recovery room
C. in the preoperative holding area
D. just before the surgeon makes the incision - ✔✔C. in the preoperative holding area
Which of the following indicators demonstrates a patient who is at increased risk of developing a
pressure ulcer during a surgical procedure
A. Aged 50 or older
B. Hx of recent gallbladder surgeryC. Female
D. Poor preoperative nutritional status
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