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WorksheetsModerate Sedation
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
Your ICU patient needs a bronchoscopy. What equipment do you need to have in the room?
Suction
ECG Monitoring with screen in room
Sedation
Bag valve mask
Thoracotomy tray
Which of the following patients should not receive Diprivan (Proprofol) for moderate sedation?
Vented patient on a spontaneous breathing trial
A gastric bypass patient who needs a EGD with an allergy to eggs
A patient with a history of epilepsy who needs a colonoscopy
A bronchoscopy patient with a blood pressure of 90/60 mmHg
A brain injured patient with a GCS of 8 who needs a PEG tube
A moderate sedation patient has received Midazolam and is no longer responding to verbal commands and only opens eyes to pain. What interventions are appropriate?
Administer Flumazenil
Administer Narcan
Administer oxygen and possible artificial airway
Monitor end tidal CO2
Which type of anesthesia involves loss of sensation and consciousness?
General
Regional
Moderate
Local
Regional anesthesia works by:
Blocking peripheral nerves or spinal cord
Inducing unconsciousness
Applying topical agents
Relaxing muscles
A 24-year-old male is undergoing an emergency appendectomy under general anesthesia. Thirty minutes into the procedure, the nurse notices a sudden increase in heart rate, muscle rigidity, and mottled skin. The patient's temperature begins to rise rapidly.
Which of the following is the nurse’s priority action?
Administer IV Proprofol
Notify the surgical team and prepare for intubation
Discontinue the surgery and administer IV Dantrolene
Apply a cooling blanket and monitor temperature
A nurse is monitoring a patient under general anesthesia. The patient’s blood pressure and heart rate suddenly increase, and slight movement is observed. What should the nurse suspect?
Malignant hyperthermia
Anesthesia awareness
Spinal headache
Hypoventilation
A nurse is monitoring a patient under moderate sedation for a bronchoscopy. The patient becomes unresponsive to verbal stimuli but maintains a patent airway. What is the nurse’s priority action?
Document sedation level
Notify the provider that the patient is too deeply sedated
Administer additional sedation
Begin CPR
A nurse is assessing a patient for extubation readiness in the PACU. Which of the following findings indicates the patient is ready to be extubated?
Gag reflex absent
Patient is unresponsive
Patient can raise head off the bed and follow commands
Patient is breathing using abdominal muscles
A patient develops abdominal distention and absent bowel sounds after abdominal surgery. What should the nurse suspect?
GI Bleed
Paralytic Ileus
Peritonitis
Constipation
A post-op patient with a history of alcohol use disorder begins showing signs of withdrawal. What should the nurse anticipate administering?
Opioids
Benzodiazepines
Antipsychotics
Beta blockers
A nurse is assisting in the care of a patient undergoing surgery under general anesthesia. During the induction phase, which of the following actions should the nurse anticipate?
Removal of airway devices
Performance of the surgical procedure
Administration of preoperative medications and securing airway patency
Monitoring for return of reflexes
A nurse is caring for a patient in the emergence phase of general anesthesia. Which of the following actions should the nurse expect?
Begin surgical incision
Administer induction agents
Remove airway devices and monitor for return of consciousness
Apply safety belts to the OR table
