DAVIS ADVANTAGE EDGE 15,16,17, SELF STUDY
GUIDE CH 15, CONNECTION CHECK QUESTIONS
15,16,17
1. The nurse in the preoperative area knows that a complete informed consent
prior to surgery includes which components? Select all that apply.
Name of the surgeon performing
surgery Consent to administer blood
products Consent for anesthesia
Length of time surgery is to take
Description of how the surgery will benefit the client: Description of how the
surgery will benefit the client
Name of the surgeon performing
surgery Consent to administer
blood products Consent for
anesthesia
2. What role does the preoperative nurse have in obtaining consent for
surgery?
Inform client about type of anesthesia and medications to be used
Ensure client understands information being presented
Inform client about the risks associated with type of anesthesia planned Inform client
about how the anesthesia is administered: Ensure client under- stands
information being presented
3. Which assessments should the preoperative nurse obtain prior to surgery?
Select all that apply.
,Blood pressure
Pain
assessment
Insurance authorization
White blood cell count
Oral temperature: Oral
temperature Blood pressure
4. The preoperative nurse is admitting a client for same-day surgery. What is the
nurse's priority action?
Teach the client how to use an incentive
spirometer Assess the client's vital signs
Complete the preoperative checklist
Start a large bore intravenous line: Complete the preoperative checklist
5. A client scheduled for abdominal surgery states that he is concerned about
post-operative pain. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
Offer assurance that he will not have pain.
Ask him his acceptable pain score.
Deliver pain meds before surgery.
Make a note of this on the chart.: Ask him his acceptable pain score.
6. The nurse is completing the preoperative checklist for a client scheduled to
undergo knee replacement surgery. Which actions must the nurse take? Select all that
apply.
Obtain a full medical history
Assess client's current health status
Give client a copy of current lab work
Hang prescribed intravenous
antibiotic
, Perform a "time-out" at the bedside: Obtain a full medical history
Assess client's current health status
Hang prescribed intravenous
antibiotic Perform a "time-out" at
the bedside
7. During the preoperative period, the nurse would notify the healthcare provider of
which of the following assessment findings? Select all that apply.
Increased blood pressure
Normal sinus rhythm on ECG tracing
Elevated white blood cell count Client
taking aspirin daily for pain Fever:
Elevated white blood cell count
Client taking aspirin daily for pain
Fever
Increased blood pressure
8. The preoperative nurse needs further instruction from the nurse manager when
which action is observed?
The nurse places compression stockings on the client's legs before the
pro- cedure.
The nurse asks the client's spouse to witness the surgical consent.
The nurse prints current lab results and places a copy on the chart.
The nurse tells the client that early ambulation after surgery is best.: The nurse asks
the client's spouse to witness the surgical consent.
9. What is the nurse's highest priority of care during the preoperative phase of
care?
Teaching to prevent complications
GUIDE CH 15, CONNECTION CHECK QUESTIONS
15,16,17
1. The nurse in the preoperative area knows that a complete informed consent
prior to surgery includes which components? Select all that apply.
Name of the surgeon performing
surgery Consent to administer blood
products Consent for anesthesia
Length of time surgery is to take
Description of how the surgery will benefit the client: Description of how the
surgery will benefit the client
Name of the surgeon performing
surgery Consent to administer
blood products Consent for
anesthesia
2. What role does the preoperative nurse have in obtaining consent for
surgery?
Inform client about type of anesthesia and medications to be used
Ensure client understands information being presented
Inform client about the risks associated with type of anesthesia planned Inform client
about how the anesthesia is administered: Ensure client under- stands
information being presented
3. Which assessments should the preoperative nurse obtain prior to surgery?
Select all that apply.
,Blood pressure
Pain
assessment
Insurance authorization
White blood cell count
Oral temperature: Oral
temperature Blood pressure
4. The preoperative nurse is admitting a client for same-day surgery. What is the
nurse's priority action?
Teach the client how to use an incentive
spirometer Assess the client's vital signs
Complete the preoperative checklist
Start a large bore intravenous line: Complete the preoperative checklist
5. A client scheduled for abdominal surgery states that he is concerned about
post-operative pain. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
Offer assurance that he will not have pain.
Ask him his acceptable pain score.
Deliver pain meds before surgery.
Make a note of this on the chart.: Ask him his acceptable pain score.
6. The nurse is completing the preoperative checklist for a client scheduled to
undergo knee replacement surgery. Which actions must the nurse take? Select all that
apply.
Obtain a full medical history
Assess client's current health status
Give client a copy of current lab work
Hang prescribed intravenous
antibiotic
, Perform a "time-out" at the bedside: Obtain a full medical history
Assess client's current health status
Hang prescribed intravenous
antibiotic Perform a "time-out" at
the bedside
7. During the preoperative period, the nurse would notify the healthcare provider of
which of the following assessment findings? Select all that apply.
Increased blood pressure
Normal sinus rhythm on ECG tracing
Elevated white blood cell count Client
taking aspirin daily for pain Fever:
Elevated white blood cell count
Client taking aspirin daily for pain
Fever
Increased blood pressure
8. The preoperative nurse needs further instruction from the nurse manager when
which action is observed?
The nurse places compression stockings on the client's legs before the
pro- cedure.
The nurse asks the client's spouse to witness the surgical consent.
The nurse prints current lab results and places a copy on the chart.
The nurse tells the client that early ambulation after surgery is best.: The nurse asks
the client's spouse to witness the surgical consent.
9. What is the nurse's highest priority of care during the preoperative phase of
care?
Teaching to prevent complications
