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NClaborn

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on: Jul 18, 2018
Why does credentialing exist?
 
  a. To create revenue for the nursing profession
  b. To maintain quality of the personnel's education and performance
  c. To encourage professionals to further their education
  d. To remain competitive with the medical profession

Question 2

The scrub person
 
  a. does not participate in the surgical time out.
  b. is a member of the nonsterile team.
  c. provides hemostasis of the surgical wound.
  d. may be a nurse or surgical technologist.


Ksanderson1296

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Reply #1 on: Jul 18, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Credentialing exists to establish quality, identity, protection, and control for the competency-based education and performance of professional and allied technical health care personnel.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The scrub role may be a member of the sterile team who may be an RN, LPN/LVN, or ST who actively participates in the surgical time-out process with the other members of the perioperative team.


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