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Chapter 5- Perioperative Nursing
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | You are doing a preoperative assessment on a patient going to surgery. The patient informs you that he drinks six to eight beers each day and has for the last 15 years. What postoperative difficulties can the nurse anticipate for this patient? | |
| A) | Delirium tremens immediately following surgery | |
| B) | Delirium tremens within 72 hours after his last alcohol drink | |
| C) | Delirium tremens upon administration of general anesthesia | |
| D) | Delirium tremens 1 week after his last alcohol drink | |
| 2. | The nurse is preparing a patient for surgery. The patient is to undergo a hysterectomy without oophorectomy, and the nurse is witnessing the patient’s signature on a consent form. Which comment by the patient would best indicate informed consent? | |
| A) | “I know I’ll be fine because the health care provider said he has done this procedure hundreds of times.” | |
| B) | “I know I’ll have pain after the surgery.” | |
| C) | “The health care provider is going to remove my uterus and told me about the risk of hemorrhage.” | |
| D) | “Because the health care provider isn’t taking my ovaries, I’ll still be able to have children.” | |
| 3. | You are admitting an insulin-dependent patient to the same-day surgical suite for carpal tunnel surgery. You know that this patient may be at risk for which metabolic disorder? | |
| A) | Adrenal insufficiency | |
| B) | Thyrotoxicosis | |
| C) | Impaired acid base balance | |
| D) | Hyperglycemia | |
| 4. | How should a nurse teach a patient to perform deep breathing and coughing to use postoperatively? | |
| A) | The patient should take three deep breaths and cough hard three times. | |
| B) | The patient should take three deep breaths and exhale forcefully, take a quick short breath and cough from deep in the lungs. | |
| C) | The patient should take a deep breath in through the mouth and exhale all the air out through the mouth, take a short breath, and cough from deep in the lungs. | |
| D) | The patient should rapidly inhale, hold for 30 seconds, and exhale slowly. | |
| 5. | As an OR nurse, you have an increased awareness regarding asepsis. You know that a basic guideline for maintaining surgical asepsis is that: | |
| A) | Sterile surfaces or articles may touch other sterile surfaces | |
| B) | Sterile supplies can be used on another patient if the packages are intact | |
| C) | The outer lip of a sterile solution is considered sterile | |
| D) | The scrub nurse may pour a sterile solution from a nonsterile bottle | |
Answer Key
| 1. | B |
| 2. | C |
| 3. | D |
| 4. | C |
| 5. | A |
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