A nurse working in an ambulatory care surgery center is preparing ...

[nmorano1]

A nurse working in an ambulatory care surgery center is preparing to discharge a postoperative patient. The nurse knows that the convalescence period will occur:
 
  a. 1 to 2 hours after surgery.
  b. at home.
  c. once the patient has been monitored overnight in the hospital.
  d. 2 to 4 hours after surgery.

Question 2

A nurse completes an incident/occurrence report on a patient who fell while walking in the hallway. The nurse completes this report for what purpose?
 
  a. To exchange information among health care members
  b. To provide information about patients on one unit to another
  c. To prevent a legal lawsuit from the patient
  d. To aid in the hospital's quality improvement program

[stano32]

Answer to Question 1

B
For a patient following ambulatory surgery, convalescence will occur at home, the immediate recovery period normally lasts only 1 to 2 hours. For a hospitalized patient the immediate postoperative period often lasts a few hours, with convalescence taking 1 or more days, depending on the extent of surgery and a patient's response. Patient who are admitted to stay overnight at the hospital are not classified as ambulatory care surgery center.

Answer to Question 2

D
Incident reports are an important part of quality improvement. The overall goal is to identify changes needed to prevent future reoccurrence. A report is an exchange of information between health care members. Transfer reports involve communication of information about patients from one nurse on the sending unit to the nurse on the receiving unit. Occurrence reports do not prevent lawsuits.

[nmorano1]

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[stano32]

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