Perioperative NCLEX questions with 100% correct
answers 2025 updated
1. A 26-year old client comes into c. Preoperative assessment
the clinic prior to a tonsillectomy.
Which action is priority during this The client is in the preoperative phase of surgery
and
phase of surgery? must be assessed and prepared for surgery. The
client may have labs drawn, medication
a. Intraoperative consent
signed administered, and con- sent forms signed. The
intraoperative phase is the actual surgery; the client
b. Intraoperative medication is anesthetized, prepped, draped, and surgery
performed. The postoperative phase is the recov- ery
c. Preoperative assessment
phase of surgery where the client continues to
d. Postoperative assessment recover until maximum health is achieved.
2. A 76-year old client is to
under- go a hernia repair. The
nurse knows that in order to c. Wound healing during the preoperative and
aid in the healing process,
the periopera- tive nurse intraoper- ative phase
must assist the client with
which concept during what Inadequate control of stress and coping
surgical phase? mechanisms can prolong the perioperative
healing process and a client's prognosis.
Perioperative care includes assessing client stress
and coping mechanisms during the preoperative
phase and reassessing following the procedure.
Post-
a.Perfusion therapy during the in- operative infections may occur as a result of
improper
traoperative wound care or hospital acquired infections may
phase occur as
a result of infection control protocols not being
followed.
b. Wound healing during the post- Adequate perfusion enhances wound healing and
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, Perioperative NCLEX questions with 100% correct
answers 2025 updated
peri-
operative phase operative recovery. Nurses providing intraoperative
and postoperative care must follow infection
c. Wound healing during the
preoperative and protocols.
intraoperative phase
d. Infection during the
postopera- tive phase
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answers 2025 updated
1. A 26-year old client comes into c. Preoperative assessment
the clinic prior to a tonsillectomy.
Which action is priority during this The client is in the preoperative phase of surgery
and
phase of surgery? must be assessed and prepared for surgery. The
client may have labs drawn, medication
a. Intraoperative consent
signed administered, and con- sent forms signed. The
intraoperative phase is the actual surgery; the client
b. Intraoperative medication is anesthetized, prepped, draped, and surgery
performed. The postoperative phase is the recov- ery
c. Preoperative assessment
phase of surgery where the client continues to
d. Postoperative assessment recover until maximum health is achieved.
2. A 76-year old client is to
under- go a hernia repair. The
nurse knows that in order to c. Wound healing during the preoperative and
aid in the healing process,
the periopera- tive nurse intraoper- ative phase
must assist the client with
which concept during what Inadequate control of stress and coping
surgical phase? mechanisms can prolong the perioperative
healing process and a client's prognosis.
Perioperative care includes assessing client stress
and coping mechanisms during the preoperative
phase and reassessing following the procedure.
Post-
a.Perfusion therapy during the in- operative infections may occur as a result of
improper
traoperative wound care or hospital acquired infections may
phase occur as
a result of infection control protocols not being
followed.
b. Wound healing during the post- Adequate perfusion enhances wound healing and
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15
, Perioperative NCLEX questions with 100% correct
answers 2025 updated
peri-
operative phase operative recovery. Nurses providing intraoperative
and postoperative care must follow infection
c. Wound healing during the
preoperative and protocols.
intraoperative phase
d. Infection during the
postopera- tive phase
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