In 2010, the Joint Commission published a report noting that 80 percent of all serious medical errors were the result of .

a. unsanitary conditions in hospital kitchens
b. untrained orderlies
c. poor surgical techniques
d. poor communication among the members of a patient's health-care team

What are the roles of fiber in your diet? sources?

An order exist within the system and it is generally up to you to find out the order, the four segments that make health care financial system work are: a. the original records b. the information system c. the account system d. the reporting system discuss these four segments; in your responses, provide an example of each.

The nurse in a gynecology clinic is completing preoperative teaching for a patient scheduled for an abdominal hysterectomy next week. the patient states that she is currently taking 325 mg of aspirin daily for chronic joint pain, along with multivitamin. the patient has type 2 diabetes; she closely monitors her blood glucose levels. currently she is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. the nurse advises her to ask the anesthesiologist whether she should take this medication the morning of surgery. q1. the nurse instructs the patient to stop taking the aspirin. what is the rationale for this action. q2. why is it important to assess the patient of use of herbal products prior to surgery. q3. the patient asks how surgery could affect her blood glucose; how should the nurse respond?