An Omission of Information Occurred When the Nurse Anesthetist Informed

question 5

Multiple Choice

An omission of information occurred when the nurse anesthetist informed the nurse in the postanesthesia care unit about a patient's surgical procedure. The risk management nurse would review the standards of which process?

• A) Handoff communication
• B) Discharge summary
• C) End-of-shift report
• D) Surgical time-out

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Definitions:

Unfavorable

Describing something that is disadvantageous, negative, or not beneficial; often related to opinions, conditions, or outcomes.

Probability

The chance of an event happening, represented numerically from 0 to 1.

Establishing Probability

The process of determining the likelihood that a given proposition or hypothesis is true.

Method Of Equal Alternatives

A method of determining the probability of an event by finding the ratio of favorable outcomes to the total number of possible outcomes.