INTRAOPERATIVE CARE HARDING: LEWIS’S MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED SOLUTIONS.
The charge nurse is supervising patient care in the surgical suite. Which action, if
performed
by a nurse, would require the charge nurse to intervene?
A. The nurse wears a mask in thesemirestricted area.
B. The nurse wears a hair cover in thesemirestricted area.
C. The nurse wears street clothes in thesemirestricted area.
D. The nurse wears surgical scrubs in thesemirestricted area. answer >>>>: C
Wearing street clothes in thesemirestricted area is not permitted. the surgical
suite is divided
into three distinct areas: unrestricted—staff and others in street clothes can
interact with those
in surgical attire; semi restricted—staff must wear surgical attire and cover all
head and facial
hair; and restricted—includes the operating room, the sink area, and clean core
where masks
are required in addition to surgical attire.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply (Application)
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
Enviro
Which statement, if made by a new circulating nurse, reflects understanding of
the circulating
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nurse role?
A. "I will assist in preparing the operating room for the patient."
B. "I will don sterile gloves to obtain items from the unsterile field."
C. "I will assist with suturing of incisions and maintaining hemostasis."
D. "I will remain gloved while performing activities in the sterile field." answer
>>>>: A
Preparing the operating room for the patient describes the role of a circulating
nurse. All other
answer options describe specific roles and actions of scrub nurses. the circulating
nurse
performs activities in the unsterile field and is not scrubbed, gowned, or gloved.
the scrub nurse
follows the designated scrub procedure, is gowned and gloved in sterile attire,
and performs
activities in the sterile field.
DIF: CognitiveLevel: Apply (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Which action describes how the scrub nurse protects the patient with surgical
aseptic
technique?
a. Uses waterproof shoe covers.
b. Wears personal protective equipment.
c. Changes gloves after touching the upper arm of the surgeon’s gown
Requires that all operating room (OR) staff perform a surgical scrub. answer
>>>>: C