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Perioperative Care Practice EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER
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Perioperative Care Practice EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS ANDCORRECT ANSWER
A client is being prepared for GI surgery and undergoes a bowel preparation. This
preoperative procedure is done to:
a) decrease expected blood loss during surgery
b) eliminate any risk of infection
c) ensure that the bowel is sterile
d) reduce the number of intestinal bacteria
D
As the unit nurse is about to give a preoperative medication to a client going into surgery, it is
discovered that the surgical consent form is not signed. What does the nurse do after
verifying the procedure with the client?
A. Calls the surgeon
B. Calls the anesthesiologist
C. Gives the medication as ordered
D. Asks the client to sign the consent form
D
Who is the most likely person to administer blood products in an operating suite?
a) circulating nurse
b) holding area nurse
c) scrub nurse
d) specialty nurse
A
,Which staff member will be best for the nurse manager to assign to update standard nursing
care plans and policies for the care of the client in the operating room?
a) surgical technologist with 10 years of experience in the OR at this hospital
b) certified registered nurse first assistant (CRNFA) who has worked for 5 years in the OR's of
multiple hospitals
c) holding room RN who has worked in the hospital holding room for longer than 15 years
d) circulating RN who has been employed in the hospital OR for 7 years
D
During surgery, who is most responsible for monitoring for possible breaks in sterile
technique?
a) circulating nurse
b) holding nurse
c) anesthesiologist
d) surgeon
A
A surgical client has signed a DNR order before going to the OR. A complication requiring
resuscitation occurs during surgery. What is the nurse's proper action?
a) call the legal department
b) call the client's primary health care provider
c) honor the DNR code
d) resuscitate per OR procedure
C
The nurse anesthetist notices that a surgical client has an unexpected rise in the end tidal
carbon dioxide level, with a decrease in oxygen saturation and sinus tachycardia. What is the
, nurse anesthetist's initial action?
a) administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
b) continue as normal
c) immediately stop all inhalation anesthetic agents and succinylcholine
d) inform the surgeon
C
Which intervention does the nurse implement for an older adult client to minimize skin
breakdown related to surgical positioning?
a) apply elastic stockings to lower extremities
b) monitor for excessive blood loss
c) pad bony prominences
d) secure joints on a board in anatomic positions
C
A preoperative client wears a hearing aid and is extremely hard of hearing without it. What
does the nurse do to help this client's anxiety?
a) actively listen to this client's concerns
b) allow the client to wear the hearing aid to surgery
c) ask if the client may wear the hearing aid until anesthesia is given
d) explain that it is hospital policy to remove a hearing aid before surgery
C
A client has undergone an 8-hour surgical procedure under general anesthesia. In assessing
the client for complications related to positioning, the nurse is most concerned with which
finding?
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