01. The nursing students are discussing the importanceof safety during the perioperative phases. Which nursing assessmentdid they agree deserves the highest priority when the patient istransferred into the operating room?
a. Appearance of the surgical site
b. Client identification and sign consent forms
c. Validation of NPO status
d. Level of consciousness and vital signs
02. The nurse is doing a preoperative assessment on a patient whois schedule for surgery. Which of the following statements made bythe patient would suggest susceptibility to malignanthyperthermia?
a. “I’ve had red swollen joints and jaw muscle tenderness”
b. “I frequently have numbers and tingling in my hands.”
c. “I usually feel warm and periodically have had hotflashes.”
d. “I am told my mother died due to general anesthesia
03. The nurse assesses that a patient is experiencing discomfortfrom postoperative flatulence. Which of the following activitiesshould the nurse suggest?
a. “let me get you a lollipop to suck on
b. “why don’t you drink some ginger ale”
c. “let me help you out of bed and we can walk in thehallway”
d. “why don’t you try lying on your left side”
04. The nurse is teaching a novice about postoperative hemorrhage.Which of the following should the novice nurse recognize as anearly finding associated with hemorrhage?
a. Bradycardia with a thready pulse
b. Change in mental status, resistance and confusion
c. Widening of pulse pressure
d. Circumoral cyanosis pallor and weakness
05. The nurse has completed a pre-operative assessment for apatient going to surgery and has obtained assessment data. Whichwould be the most important next step?
a. Ask the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to obtain vitalsigns
b. Administer the ordered pre-operative antianxietymedications
c. Notify the OR nurses that the patient has a latex allergy
d. Document where the patient’s significant other will bewaiting
