Exam 50: Care of Surgical Patients

The nurse is using a preoperative checklist to assist in preparing a patient on the day of surgery.What will the checklist include?

The nurse is preparing a patient for a surgical procedure on the right great toe.Which of the following actions would be most important to include in this patient's preparation?

The nurse is caring for a postoperative patient with a history of obstructive sleep apnea.The nurse monitors for which of the following?

The nurse has administered an anxiolytic as a preoperative medication to the patient going to surgery.Which of the following is the best next step?

The patient has presented to the ambulatory surgery center to have a colonoscopy.The patient is scheduled to receive moderate sedation (conscious sedation)during the procedure.Moderate sedation is used routinely for procedures that require