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Meperidine (Demerol) 0.25 mililiters
12.5mg every 15 minutes,
IV prn is ordered for
shivering in the PACU.
Meperidine is available in
50mg/1ml. How many
mililiters should be given?
Upon inspecting a A) Position the patient on their side
patient's epidural insertion B) Place the patient in a prone position
site, you notice swelling C) Check the epidural line for kinks
around the catheter. What ***D) Contact the anesthesia provider
should you do?
A) Has received discharge instructions, pain level 9
out 10, shortness of breath
What set of findings B) Drowsy, blood pressure returned to preoperative
indicates a patient is likely levels, on 6 liters oxygen via face mask
to be ready for phase 1 ***C) Drowsy, oxygen saturation of 96%, able to
discharge? cough, and move all extremities
D) Fully alert, shallow breathing, on 3 liters via T-
piece, can move 2 extremities
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What do you consider to A) 1.5 miligrams
be a safe dose of ***B) 25 micrograms
intravenous fentanyl for an C) 100 micrograms
adult who does not have D 25 miligrams
tolerance to opioids?
Your patient in the PACU A) 10 mg hydralazine IV push
has a blood pressure of ***B) 50 mcg fentanyl IV push
171/92 mmHg, a heart rate C) 2 mg lorazepam IV push
of 120, respiratory rate of D) 5 mg metoprolol IV push
24, is grimacing, restless,
and moaning in bed. What
medication should you
prepare to give FIRST?
You are about to ***A) Wait until the family returns
discharge a day surgery B) Leave the discharge education on voicemail and
patient with aphasia and discharge patient
you discover the family C) Discharge patient with non-emergency transport
members are not available D) Take patient home yourself
for the discharge
instructions and are not
responding to your phone
calls. Business hours are
over and the PACU is
about to close. How will
you handle the situation?
You received a patient A) Wake up the patient to sign the consent
from OR post hip B) Ask a friend to sign the consent
replacement surgery. The ***C) Obtain the consent from medical POA
anesthesiologist is D) Proceed with the procedure
planning a nerve block in
PACU, but the patient did
not sign the consent for
the nerve block. How will
you proceed?
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A) Prone
What position would help
B) Trendelenburg
alleviate headaches after
C) Semi-fowlers
spinal anesthesia?
***D) Flat to supine
**WRONG** A) Decreased consciousness
What is a physical B) Decreased pupillary light reflex
manifestation of C) Decreased respiratory effort
neuromuscular blockade **WRONG**D) Decreased sensation of pain
(Roc, succinylcholine)?
The surgeon has ordered A) Administer the medication with diphenhydramine
ampicillin (Ancef) for a B) Ask the patient to describe their reaction to
patient. When you check penicillin
their chart, you see an C) Contact the pharmacist to clarify the order
allergy to penicillin. What ***D) Contact the provider to question the order
is the BEST action?
You are receiving report A) JP drain sutured in place near the lateral calf
for a patient who had a B) Several small incisions in calf groin covered with
percutaneous transluminal gauze
angioplasty for right lower ***C) Clear dressing applied to the right groin
extremity peripheral D) 3 in incision on the right upper thigh with bulky
vascular disease and is dressing
now recovering in the
PACU. What type of
surgical dressing do you
expect to find for this
patient?
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Terms in this set (70)
Meperidine (Demerol) 0.25 mililiters
12.5mg every 15 minutes,
IV prn is ordered for
shivering in the PACU.
Meperidine is available in
50mg/1ml. How many
mililiters should be given?
Upon inspecting a A) Position the patient on their side
patient's epidural insertion B) Place the patient in a prone position
site, you notice swelling C) Check the epidural line for kinks
around the catheter. What ***D) Contact the anesthesia provider
should you do?
A) Has received discharge instructions, pain level 9
out 10, shortness of breath
What set of findings B) Drowsy, blood pressure returned to preoperative
indicates a patient is likely levels, on 6 liters oxygen via face mask
to be ready for phase 1 ***C) Drowsy, oxygen saturation of 96%, able to
discharge? cough, and move all extremities
D) Fully alert, shallow breathing, on 3 liters via T-
piece, can move 2 extremities
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What do you consider to A) 1.5 miligrams
be a safe dose of ***B) 25 micrograms
intravenous fentanyl for an C) 100 micrograms
adult who does not have D 25 miligrams
tolerance to opioids?
Your patient in the PACU A) 10 mg hydralazine IV push
has a blood pressure of ***B) 50 mcg fentanyl IV push
171/92 mmHg, a heart rate C) 2 mg lorazepam IV push
of 120, respiratory rate of D) 5 mg metoprolol IV push
24, is grimacing, restless,
and moaning in bed. What
medication should you
prepare to give FIRST?
You are about to ***A) Wait until the family returns
discharge a day surgery B) Leave the discharge education on voicemail and
patient with aphasia and discharge patient
you discover the family C) Discharge patient with non-emergency transport
members are not available D) Take patient home yourself
for the discharge
instructions and are not
responding to your phone
calls. Business hours are
over and the PACU is
about to close. How will
you handle the situation?
You received a patient A) Wake up the patient to sign the consent
from OR post hip B) Ask a friend to sign the consent
replacement surgery. The ***C) Obtain the consent from medical POA
anesthesiologist is D) Proceed with the procedure
planning a nerve block in
PACU, but the patient did
not sign the consent for
the nerve block. How will
you proceed?
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A) Prone
What position would help
B) Trendelenburg
alleviate headaches after
C) Semi-fowlers
spinal anesthesia?
***D) Flat to supine
**WRONG** A) Decreased consciousness
What is a physical B) Decreased pupillary light reflex
manifestation of C) Decreased respiratory effort
neuromuscular blockade **WRONG**D) Decreased sensation of pain
(Roc, succinylcholine)?
The surgeon has ordered A) Administer the medication with diphenhydramine
ampicillin (Ancef) for a B) Ask the patient to describe their reaction to
patient. When you check penicillin
their chart, you see an C) Contact the pharmacist to clarify the order
allergy to penicillin. What ***D) Contact the provider to question the order
is the BEST action?
You are receiving report A) JP drain sutured in place near the lateral calf
for a patient who had a B) Several small incisions in calf groin covered with
percutaneous transluminal gauze
angioplasty for right lower ***C) Clear dressing applied to the right groin
extremity peripheral D) 3 in incision on the right upper thigh with bulky
vascular disease and is dressing
now recovering in the
PACU. What type of
surgical dressing do you
expect to find for this
patient?
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