Mr. Gonzalez is scheduled to undergo a hip replacement after he slipped on an icy step. During the preoperative phase, the nurse begins to enter the assessment findings into the database
Which of the following standardized terminologies will the nurse most likely use? 1. The Omaha System
2. The PeriOperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS)
3. North American Nursing Diagnosis International (NANDA-I)
4. International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP)
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Rationale: The PeriOperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS), developed by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), is a standardized perioperative nursing vocabulary that provides nurses a clear, precise, and universal language for clinical problems and surgical treatments. The AORN's initial goal was to develop a unified language for nursing care that could be systematically quantified, coded, and easily captured in a computerized format in the perioperative setting (AORN, 2002, p. 13).
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This independent agency engages in the accreditation of health care organizations
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