Which nonprofit organization improves patient care through applied research into effectiveness and safety of devices, drugs, procedures, and processes?

Which nonprofit organization improves patient care through applied research into effectiveness and safety of devices, drugs, procedures, and processes?

As a member of the surgical team, the perioperative nurse advocates for the surgical patient during the surgical experience. Which nursing activity would positively influence patient safety and desired patient outcomes?

Prolonged lithotomy positioning can result in neuropathies of the legs. The most frequently injured nerves are the obturator, sciatic, femoral, and ___ nerve, which can result in injury from ___.

The ideal suture material is one that has handling characteristics such as:

The surgeon decided to convert to an open abdominal instead of the laparoscopic approach for the colectomy, because the patient was morbidly obese and he needed a larger incision. He asked the circulating nurse to bring the largest self-retaining retractor in the sterile storage room. Select the appropriate retractor.