Adult Health Chapter 17 - Preoperative Nursing Management

A nurse is teaching a client with chronic bronchitis about breathing exercises. Which instruction should the nurse include in the teaching?

Use diaphragmatic breathing.

A gunshot wound would be classified under which category of surgery based on urgency?

Emergent

A fractured skull would be classified under which category of surgery based on urgency?

Emergent

Once the operating team has assembled in the room, the circulating nurse calls for a "time out." What action should the nurse take during the time out?

Review the scheduled procedure, site, and client.

The nurse has administered preanesthetic medication. What action should the nurse take next?

Place the client on bed rest with the side rails up.

Informed consent from the surgical client is essential in all of the following categories of surgery except:

Emergent surgery

A patient with uncontrolled diabetes is scheduled for a surgical procedure. What chief life-threatening hazard should the nurse monitor for?

Hypoglycemia

When is the ideal time to discuss preoperative teaching

Preadmission visit

When a client with a history of chronic alcoholism is admitted to the hospital for surgery, the nurse anticipates that the client may show signs of alcohol withdrawal delirium during which time period?

Up to 72 hours after alcohol withdrawal

At what point does the preoperative period end?

When the client is transferred onto the operating table