Care of the Surgical Patient

A patient understands the need for incentive spirometer when he states, “I use this device to

A "time out" should be done

The following post-op pts are under your care, which patient should you see first?

The OR is high-risk areas for latex allergy. What should RN do to prevent a reaction. Select any one correct answer.

The circulating RN is responsible for all of the following except

Post-op discharge instructions should include (select any one correct answer.)

The nursing process is not applicable in perioperative nursing?

After a surgical pt has been given pre-op sedatives, which safety precaution should RN take?

The RN includes family and caregivers in pre-op teaching so that family will

Can any surgical procedure can be done at an ambulatory surgical center?

Hand-off communications between PACU RN & floor RN should include which components. Select any one correct answer.

Patient is post-op liver resection. HR 124, R 26, B/P 90/52, dsg lg amt bld. Select any one correct intervention.

Malignant hyperthermia is

Priority interventions to prevent post-op respiratory complications in the older adult:

Which describes conscious sedation?

A patient with obesity is at higher surgical risk due to which of the following factors? (select any one correct answer)

Postoperatively, the nurse instructs the patient to perform leg exercises every hour to:

What is the RNs role in informed consent?

A cholecystectomy would considered what type of surgery?