Exam 11: Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Alternative Surgical Locations

When caring for wounded service animals in a mobile hospital setting,wounded soldiers and animals are all treated and operated on in the same setting to save on space and cost.

Which area would not be found in an ambulatory surgery setting?

Depending on how the patient feels in PACU,he or she may drive home after a general anesthetic agent has been given.

When would a patient receive a follow-up phone call from a nurse at an ASC?

While a patient is awake during a procedure under local anesthesia,it is better to use hand signals as a way to ask for instruments.

What type of outpatient surgery department is a self-contained unit located within or attached to the hospital but physically separate from the inpatient OR suite?

Which is an example of an ambulatory surgery center?

When taking a verbal order either in person or over the phone,what must be done to ensure the correct order will be implemented?

Use ____________________ patient identifiers when administering drugs or blood,taking blood samples,or providing treatments.

What type of preoperative test would you expect to be ordered for a healthy 34-year-old woman having a laparoscopic tubal ligation procedure done at an ASC?

Which is a consideration that determines whether a procedure is performed at an ASC?

Ambulatory surgery is done only under regional or local anesthesia.

Medicare does not approve the use of ambulatory surgery centers and refers all its patients to inpatient hospital ORs for procedures.

What is one reason a patient might be admitted to a hospital after undergoing a procedure at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC)?

The Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA)states that a true ASC is ____ in services and not ____ on a main hospital.

Because nurses are not on the front line fighting in battle,they do not experience the posttraumatic stress disorder that the wounded soldier might.

The ambulatory setting adheres to the same sterile/aseptic techniques as do hospital settings.

The patient's medical record documentation includes preoperative and postoperative care.

When are cases requiring general or moderate sedation scheduled during the day?

ASCs may take emergency patients and usually employ more than 50 employees.