Fund of Nursing Mod 12

The nurse knows that which individual is responsible for monitoring a patient's vital signs during surgery?

• Circulating nurse

• Anesthesiologist

• First Assist

• Scrub Tech

If a post-op patient is required to wear compression stockings and sequential compression devices (SCDs) to prevent blood clots, how should they be placed on the patient?

• compression stocking and then SCD

• SCD with compression stocking over it

• The patient only needs compression stockings

• The patient only needs SCD's

The nurse is completing the pre-op checklist and notes that which of the following would be a contraindication to having surgery?

• The patient has taken their Dilantin today

• The patient is still taking their anticoagulants

• The patient's signature on the consent form is illegible

• The patient was given preoperative antibiotics

The nurse understands that conscious sedation has which of the following benefits?

• Remembering the procedure

• No need for airway support

• This will provide a block for pain

• Can be utilized for lengthy procedures

The PACU nurse is taking care of a patient that is returning from an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Which of the following observations warrant immediate concern by the nurse?

• The patient's respiratory rate is 16

• The patient reports shoulder pain that worsens with movement

• The patient reports acid reflux

• The patient reports they are hungry

The nurse knows that the Circulating nurse is responsible for doing what prior to the start of a procedure?

• Calling a time out

• Giving the patient medications to relax

• Nothing, they just chart

• Assisting the surgeon get dressed in sterile gown

Ectomy describes the _________ of something.

• Separation

• Removal

• Uprooting and replanting

• Creating an opening

The nurse knows that the following patient is likely at highest risk for developing a post operative thromboembolism?

• Pt with history of blood clots that had an outpatient cholecystectomy

• Pt who had major abdominal surgery that was dehydrated upon admit

• Pt who is 6 days post op from total right hip arthroplasty and history of stroke

• Pt who is 2 days post op hernia repair with history of diabetes

The PACU nurse is receiving a patient from the OR to recover. They know that vitals and assessment should be documented every?

• 10 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 15 minutes

• 5 minutes

You are a nurse caring for a patient that has telemetry. The patient would like to take a shower. Before removing the telemetry from the patient, the nurse should do what?

• It does not need to be removed

• Ask patient if they have a history of falls in the bathroom

• Notify the monitor room that the patient will be off telemetry

• The patient does not need to shower