An older client is hospitalized after an operation. When assessing the client for postoperative infection, the nurse places priority on which
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a. Change in behavior
b. Daily white blood cell count
c. Presence of fever and chills
d. Tolerance of increasing activity A
A preoperative nurse is assessing a client prior to surgery. Which information would be most important for the nurse to relay to the surgical team?
a. Allergy to bee and wasp stings
b. History of lactose intolerance
c. No previous experience with surgery d. Use of multiple herbs and supplements D
A nurse works on the postoperative floor and has four clients who are being discharged tomorrow. Which one has the greatest need for the nurse to consult other members of the health care team for post-discharge care?
a. Married young adult who is the primary caregiver for children
b. Middle-aged client who is post knee replacement, needs physical therapy c. Older adult who lives at home despite some memory loss
d. Young client who lives alone, has family and friends nearby C
A clinic nurse is teaching a client prior to surgery. The client does not seem to comprehend the teaching, forgets a lot of what is said, and asks the same questions again and again. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Assess the client for anxiety.
b. Break the information into smaller bits.
c. Give the client written information.
d. Review the information again. A
An inpatient nurse brings an informed consent form to a client for an operation scheduled for tomorrow. The client asks about possible complications from the operation. What response by the nurse is best?
a. Answer the questions and document that teaching was done. b. Do not have the client sign the consent and call the surgeon.
c. Have the client sign the consent, then call the surgeon.
d. Remind the client of what teaching the surgeon has done.
B
A client has a great deal of pain when coughing and deep breathing after abdominal surgery despite having pain medication. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Call the provider to request more analgesia. b. Demonstrate how to splint the incision.
c. Have the client take shallower breaths.
d. Tell the client a little pain is expected. B
A nurse is giving a client instructions for showering with special antimicrobial soap the night before surgery. What instruction is most appropriate?
a. "After you wash the surgical site, shave that area with your own razor." b. "Be sure to wash the area where you will have surgery very thoroughly."
c. "Use a washcloth to wash the surgical site; do not take a full shower or bath."
d. "Wash the surgical site first, then shampoo and wash the rest of your body." B
A postoperative client has an abdominal drain. What assessment by the nurse indicates that goals for the priority client problems related to the drain are being met?
a. Drainage from the surgical site is 30 mL less than yesterday. b. There is no redness, warmth, or drainage at the insertion site.
c. The client reports adequate pain control with medications.
d. Urine is clear yellow and urine output is greater than 40 mL/hr. B
A client waiting for surgery is very anxious. What intervention can the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
a. Assess the client's anxiety. b. Give the client a back rub.
c. Remind the client to turn.
d. Teach about postoperative care. B
A client in the preoperative holding room has received sedation and now needs to urinate. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Allow the client to walk to the bathroom.
b. Delegate assisting the client to the nurse's aide. c. Give the client a bedpan or urinal to use.
d. Insert a urinary catheter now instead of waiting.
C
A student is caring for clients in the preoperative area. The nurse contacts the surgeon about a client whose heart rate is 120 beats/min. After consulting with the surgeon, the nurse administers a beta blocker to the client. The student asks why this was needed. What response by the nurse is best?
a. "A rapid heart rate requires more effort by the heart."
b. "Anesthesia has bad effects if the client is tachycardic."
c. "The client may have an undiagnosed heart condition."
d. "When the heart rate goes up, the blood pressure does too." A
The perioperative nurse manager and the postoperative unit manager are concerned about the increasing number of surgical infections in their hospital. What action by the managers is best?
a. Audit charts to see if the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) outcomes were met.
b. Encourage staff on both units to provide peer pressure to adhere to hand hygiene policy.
c. Hold educational meetings with the nursing and surgical staff on infection prevention.
d. Monitor staff on both units for consistent adherence to established hand hygiene practices.
A
A nurse assesses a client in the preoperative holding area and finds brittle nails and hair, dry skin turgor, and muscle wasting. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Consult the surgeon about a postoperative dietitian referral.
b. Document the findings thoroughly in the client's chart.
c. Encourage the client to eat more after recovering from surgery.
d. Refer the client to Meals on Wheels after discharge. A
A nurse is concerned that a preoperative client has a great deal of anxiety about the upcoming procedure. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Ask the client to describe current feelings.
b. Determine if the client wants a chaplain.
c. Reassure the client this surgery is common.
d. Tell the client there is no need to be anxious.
A
A client has been given hydroxyzine (Atarax) in the preoperative holding area. What action by the nurse is most important for this client?
a. Document giving the drug.
b. Raise the siderails on the bed.
c. Record the client's vital signs.
d. Teach relaxation techniques. B
A client is on the phone when the nurse brings a preoperative antibiotic before scheduled surgery. The circulating nurse has requested the antibiotic be started. The client wants the nurse to wait before starting it. What response by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Explain the rationale for giving the medicine now.
b. Leave the room and come back in 15 minutes.
c. Provide holistic client care and come back later.
d. Tell the client you must start the medication now. A
A new perioperative nurse is receiving orientation to the surgical area and learns about the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) goals. What major areas do these measures focus on preventing? (Select all that apply.)
a. Hemorrhage b. Infection
c. Serious cardiac events
d. Stroke
e. Thromboembolism B C E
A nursing instructor is teaching students about different surgical procedures and their classifications. Which examples does the instructor include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Hemicolectomy: diagnostic b. Liver biopsy: diagnostic
c. Mastectomy: restorative
d. Spinal cord decompression: palliative e. Total shoulder replacement: restorative B E
A nurse recently hired to the preoperative area learns that certain clients are at higher risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Which clients are considered at high risk? (Select all that apply.)
a. Client with a humerus fracture b. Morbidly obese client
c. Client who underwent a prolonged surgical procedure d. Client with severe heart failure
e. Wheelchair-bound client B C D E
A student nurse is caring for clients on the postoperative unit. The student asks the registered nurse why malnutrition can lead to poor surgical outcomes. What responses by the nurse are best? (Select all that apply.)
a. "A malnourished client will have fragile skin."
b. "Malnourished clients always have other problems." c. "Many drugs are bound to protein in the body."
d. "Protein stores are needed for wound healing."
e. "Weakness and fatigue are common in malnutrition." A C D E
A student nurse asks why older adults are at higher risk for complications after surgery. What reasons does the registered nurse give? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased cardiac output b. Decreased oxygenation c. Frequent nocturia
d. Mobility alterations
e. Inability to adapt to changes A B C D
A client is clearly uncomfortable and anxious in the preoperative holding room waiting for emergent abdominal surgery. What actions can the nurse perform to increase comfort? (Select all that apply.)
a. Allow the client to assume a position of comfort. b. Allow the client's family to remain at the bedside.
c. Give the client a warm, non-caffeinated drink.
d. Provide warm blankets or cool washcloths as desired. e. Pull the curtains around the bed to provide privacy.
A B D E
A nurse working in the preoperative holding area performs which functions to ensure client safety? (Select all that apply.)
a. Allow small sips of plain water.
b. Check that consent is on the chart. c. Ensure the client has an armband on.
d. Have the client help mark the surgical site.
e. Allow the client to use the toilet before giving sedation. B C D E
The circulating nurse is plugging in a piece of equipment and notes that the cord is frayed. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Call maintenance for repair.
b. Check the machine before using. c. Get another piece of equipment.
d. Notify the charge nurse. ANS: C
The circulating nurse is responsible for client safety. If an electrical cord is frayed, the risk of fire or sparking increases. The nurse should obtain a replacement. The nurse should also tag the original equipment for repair as per agency policy. Checking the equipment is not important as the nurse should not even attempt to use it. Calling maintenance or requesting maintenance per facility protocol is important, but first ensure client safety by having a properly working piece of equipment for the procedure about to take place. The charge nurse probably does need to know of the need for equipment repair, but ensuring client safety is the priority.
The circulating nurse and preoperative nurse are reviewing the chart of a client scheduled for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). What information on the chart needs to be reported to the surgeon as a priority?
a. Allergies noted and allergy band on b. Consent for MIS procedure only
c. No prior anesthesia exposure
d. NPO status for the last 8 hours ANS: B
All MIS procedures have the potential for becoming open procedures depending on findings and complications. The client's consent should include this possibility. The nurse should report this finding to the surgeon prior to surgery taking place. Having allergies noted and an allergy band applied is standard procedure. Not having any prior
surgical or anesthesia exposure is not the priority. Maintaining NPO status as prescribed is standard procedure.
A client is having robotic surgery. The circulating nurse observes the instruments being inserted, then the surgeon appears to "break scrub" when going to the console and sitting down. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Call a "time-out" to discuss sterile procedure and scrub technique. b. Document the time the robotic portion of the procedure begins.
c. Inform the surgeon that the scrub preparation has been compromised.
d. Report the surgeon's actions to the charge nurse and unit manager. ANS: B
During a robotic operative procedure, the surgeon inserts the articulating arms into the client, then "breaks scrub" to sit at the viewing console to perform the operation. The nurse should document the time the robotic portion of the procedure began. There is no need for the other interventions.
The circulating nurse is in the operating room and sees the surgeon don gown and gloves using appropriate sterile procedure. The surgeon then folds the hands together and places them down below the hips. What action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Ask the surgeon to change the sterile gown.
b. Do nothing; this is acceptable sterile procedure.
c. Inform the surgeon that the sterile field has been broken.
d. Obtain a new pair of sterile gloves for the surgeon to put on. ANS: C
The surgical gown is considered sterile from the chest to the level of the surgical field. By placing the hands down by the hips, the surgeon has broken sterile field. The circulating nurse informs the surgeon of this breach. Changing only the gloves or only the gown does not "restore" the sterile sections of the gown. Doing nothing is unacceptable.
A client is in stage 2 of general anesthesia. What action by the nurse is most important?
a. Keeping the room quiet and calm
b. Being prepared to suction the airway
c. Positioning the client correctly
d. Warming the client with blankets ANS: B
During stage 2 of general anesthesia (excitement, delirium), the client can vomit and aspirate. The nurse must be ready to react to this potential occurrence by being prepared to suction the client's airway. Keeping the room quiet and calm does help the client enter the anesthetic state, but is not the priority. Positioning the client usually occurs during stage 3 (operative anesthesia). Keeping the client warm is important throughout to prevent hypothermia. [Show Less]