Exam 41: The Perianesthesia Patient

The nurse is caring for a patient who has just returned from surgery.The nurse is monitoring the patient's heart rhythm.In the postoperative period,when do dysrhythmias often occur?

In the postanesthesia care unit,how often would the nurse stimulate the patient to take three to four deep breaths?

Nursing management of a patient in the immediate postoperative period includes implementation of the stir-up regimen.What actions are parts of the stir-up regimen?

A patient is oversedated after receiving a benzodiazepine.Which medication would the nurse administer to reverse the effects of the medication?

When a patient develops postoperative hypertension,what potential cause would the nurse investigate?

What are the effects of nitrous oxide?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has developed laryngospasm.What action should the nurse take first?

Which stage of general anesthesia is known as surgical anesthesia?

Nursing management of a postoperative patient who is experiencing prolonged vomiting might benefit from which intervention?

A postoperative patient has developed laryngospasm.What medication would the nurse anticipate being administered to the patient?

The nurse suspects that a patient has aspirated.What action would the nurse take immediately?

The coughing maneuver in which a patient takes a deep breath and then performs multiple coughs on exhalation of that breath is known as what type of cough?

The patient's body temperature is 33° C.The patient is shivering and the nurse needs to initiate which interventions?

A postoperative patient has developed laryngeal edema.What medication would the nurse anticipate being administered to the patient?

A patient emerges from general anesthesia screaming,shouting,and thrashing wildly.The nurse suspects the patient is experiencing what problem?

What is the most definitive test for detecting malignant hyperthermia (MH)susceptibility?

Which stage of general anesthesia begins with the initiation of an anesthetic agent and ends with loss of consciousness?

The nurse is teaching a patient how to do the sustained maximal inspiration (SMI)maneuver.Which instruction to the patient is correct?

The nurse is assisting with intubation of a patient.Which depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant medication would the nurse anticipate being given to the patient?

When a patient emerges in a very restless state,what is the first problem the nurse must suspect?