Exam 5: Care of Postoperative Surgical Patients

The nurse in the PACU performs postsurgical assessments on the newly admitted patient every _________ minutes.

The nurse is caring for a patient following abdominal surgery.The patient asks the nurse when he will be able to eat a normal diet.The nurse's best response is:

The patient's initial vital signs immediately on return from surgery are BP,140/90;P,80;R,14;T,98° F.One hour later the vital signs are BP,130/84;P,72;R,16;T,96.8° F.Based on these assessments,the nurse should:

The nurse assesses the musty odor coming from the wound drainage as being indicative of an infection by a(n)____________ organism,such as Pseudomonas or Staphylococcus.

For the surgical patient who complains of excessive gas,the nurse will:

The nurse reminds the postsurgical patient that smoking will complicate postsurgical recovery by:

To help seal the insertion site from the spinal anesthesia,the nurse will offer:

Following abdominal surgery,the PACU nurse demonstrates the best nursing care by placing the semi-conscious patient in _____ position.

Antiembolic stockings are in place on the obese postsurgical patient.The nurse is aware that the standard of care in regard to antiembolic stockings is that the stockings should be:

The nurse is caring for a patient 48 hours after mastectomy surgery.The nurse is teaching the nursing student about Core Measures.The nursing student correctly implements which Core Measure interventions? (Select all that apply.)

The patient asks the nurse which vitamin to take that will enhance wound healing the most.The nurse correctly responds,"Vitamin:

The nurse should report to the charge nurse that a 10-hour post-abdominal surgery patient has:

The postoperative patient complains of pain only 1 hour after having been medicated with an opioid,which cannot be repeated for 3 more hours.The nurse should initially:

Following an outpatient procedure for which the patient received general anesthesia,the day surgery recovery nurse determines that the patient is ready to be discharged based on which of these findings? (Select all that apply.)

The patient recovering in the PACU awakes confused and disoriented.The nurse's most appropriate intervention is to:

The postanesthesia care unit (PACU)nurse determines that the patient's Aldrete score is 9.The nurse on the postoperative unit knows that this means the:

The nurse performing the Aldrete scoring system must assess: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient who has had spinal anesthesia.The nurse correctly questions which of the following orders?

The nurse is caring for a patient during the first postoperative day.An appropriate goal to write in the nursing care plan to avoid atelectasis would be:

The nurse is caring for a 90-year-old postoperative patient.The nurse notes that the oxygen saturation is frequently dropping below 90%.This is most likely related to: