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Which phase of the perioperative period is the client (pictured below) in? (Surgical setting)
✔Correct Answer-Intraoperative
When a nurse witnesses a client's signature on an informed consent, the nurse is witnessing which of
the following? ✔Correct Answer-Client signed without coercion or altered mental state
Individuals at each end of the age spectrum are at 1.____________ risk during surgery due to
immature or aging 2.____________ systems, inability to regulate body 3._____________ and fragile
4.____________. ✔Correct Answer-1. Higher
2. Immune
3. Temperature
4. Skin
The client below is being prepared to transfer to the operating room. Which phase of the
perioperative period is the client in? ✔Correct Answer-Preoperative
The nurse is getting the client ready for surgery and completing the preoperative checklist. Which of
the following is not part of the preoperative checklist? ✔Correct Answer-Conducting a "time out"
As the client is brought into the operating room suite, the client starts to shiver uncontrollably. What
action should the nurse take first? ✔Correct Answer-Apply warm blankets.
The postoperative nurse is focused on which of the following aftereffects of anesthesia? Select all
that apply. ✔Correct Answer-*Impaired neurological functioning
*Cardiovascular complications
*Impaired airway
Place the following in the correct order of occurrence. ✔Correct Answer-1. In the preoperative
area, the nurse reviews instructions and exercises for the postoperative period.
2. The client leaves for the operating room suite and the family is taken to the waiting room.
3. The circulating operating room nurses calls the waiting room and updates family on the progress
of the surgery.
4. The surgeon talks with the family in the waiting room.
5. The client arrives in the PACU.
6. The family sees the client after surgery.
The nurse is caring for a surgical client when the client asks what perioperative nursing means. What
should the nurse's response be? ✔Correct Answer-Perioperative nursing includes preoperative,
intraoperative, and postoperative activities.
Select which nurse(s) work in the perioperative setting. Select all that apply. ✔Correct Answer-
*Circulating Nurse
*PACU Nurse
Before surgery, why does the preoperative nurse physically assess the client? ✔Correct Answer-To
establish a client's baseline of normal function