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During the surgery, the nurse finds that the patient has suddenly developed hypertension, muscle rigidity, cyanosis, high fever, and tachycardia. What is the priority intervention in this situation |
Stop the surgery immediately |
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Obesity places patients at an increased surgical risk because of which factors? |
Ventilatory capacity is reduced, the thicker adipose layer makes it harder to close a surgical wound |
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What are the functions of the circulating nurse during surgery? |
Act as an advocate for the pt, coordinate the needs of the surgical team and to act as a liasion between scrubbed personnel and surge team |
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The nurse suspects a postop pt has a hemnorage. Why? |
Rapid respiration, cold clammy skin and decreased urine output |
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The nurse finds that a surgical pt is taking a corticosteroid for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. What complications is pt susceptible to |
Delayed clotting, depayed wound healing, altered immune response |
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The nurse is caring for an obese pt who underwent a surgical procedure yesterday. What potential postop complications does the nurse assess for when caring for the pt |
Wound dehiscence, reduced cardiac function, reduced ventilatory function |
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Which interventions would be beneficial for a pt with atelectasis? |
Administering oxygen, adminsitering analgesics and placing pt in semi Fowlers position |
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What are common postop complications likely to be found in obese pt? |
Hypoxemia, infection, and pneumonia |
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What are characteristics of stage 3 surgical anesthesia? |
Depressed reflexes, regular breathing, relaxed skeletal muscles |
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While assessing a postop pt after ab surgery, the nurse finds a large amount of serosanguineous fluid at the surgical dressing and suspects dehiscence. What would be the first nursing intervention |
Place the pt in semi Fowlers position |
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Hand off communications that occur beteeen the PACU nurse and postop nurse should be done when a pt returns to nursing unit. Select appropriate handoff communication |
Vitals, type of anesthesia provided, blood loss and level of consciousness and meds given during procedure |
