Sally Anders,a Perioperative Nurse,is Orienting a New Perioperative Nurse to Otolaryngologic

Sally Anders,a perioperative nurse,is orienting a new perioperative nurse to otolaryngologic surgery.She and the new nurse are the scrub persons and are preparing the sterile back table with instruments,accessory devices,and the medications used for the local anesthetics.They also set up a prep table with the initial local anesthetics to be given before the start of the procedure.Sally is determined to impart the critical nature of patient safety and prevention of medication errors during these procedures.Her back table contains multiple medications that will be used for local anesthesia,vasoconstriction,and hemostasis.As a perioperative registered nurse scrub person,it is necessary that she and her orientee:

A) label any high-risk medication with its name,dose,percentage or strength,and amount.
B) observe the 6 rights of medication administration.
C) double-check any high-alert medications such as concentrated epinephrine.
D) be aware of the maximum recommended dosage of local anesthetics and signs of reaction.

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