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Kthamas · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A registered nurse desires to gain employment as a nurse in a local hospital. The person who is credited with establishing the first hospital in the West is

a. Fabiola c. Florence Nightingale
b. Hygeia d. Dorothea Dix

Question 2

Which of the following does The Joint Commission use to create the annual National Patient Safety Goals?

a. Patient complaints c. Hospital sentinel events
b. Physician requests d. Laboratory results

manuelcastillo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Hospitals were first established in the Eastern Roman Empire. St. Jerome was responsible, through one of his disciples, Fabiola, for introducing hospitals in the West.

Answer to Question 2

C
The National Patient Safety Goals are identified yearly by review of all serious adverse events known as sentinel events through self-reporting by hospitals across the nation.