PACU final Exam Questions and Answers
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Each patient recovering from individualized
anesthesia has circumstances that problem
require an
____________________
__________________-oriented
approach
Postoperative planning begins a patient is scheduled for surgery
when....
Level of post-anesthesia care unit type/approach of surgery
(PACU) depends on what? type of anesthetic
intra-operative course of events
co-morbidities (existing and evolving)
Transfer of care to a PACU nurse assuring appropriate monitoring is applied
includes what? admission vital signs were taken
direct and thorough report
a nurse capable of handling the acuity of
the
patient
, What is included in a multimodal NSAIDs
approach to post-operative narcotics
analgesia? regional/local anesthetics
anxiolytics
emotional support
(and necessary adjuncts)
Cardiac risks post-operatively to myocardial ischemia
be hypercoagulable states
aware of
How to minimize risk of cardiac continued use of beta blockers
ischemia in susceptible patients analgesia
post-operatively nitrates
supplemental O2
adequate circulating volume & O2 carrying
capacity
HR control
Respiratory risks post-operatively pre-op respiratory disease status
to impair response to increasing CO2 and
be aware of decreasing
O2
decrease RR/MV --> hypoxemia
T/F: true
supplemental O2 application alone
does not guarantee hypoxemia will
not occur
T/F: false
patient will not be discharged from
PACU is they're unable to void
with Verified Solutions | Latest Updated 2026
Each patient recovering from individualized
anesthesia has circumstances that problem
require an
____________________
__________________-oriented
approach
Postoperative planning begins a patient is scheduled for surgery
when....
Level of post-anesthesia care unit type/approach of surgery
(PACU) depends on what? type of anesthetic
intra-operative course of events
co-morbidities (existing and evolving)
Transfer of care to a PACU nurse assuring appropriate monitoring is applied
includes what? admission vital signs were taken
direct and thorough report
a nurse capable of handling the acuity of
the
patient
, What is included in a multimodal NSAIDs
approach to post-operative narcotics
analgesia? regional/local anesthetics
anxiolytics
emotional support
(and necessary adjuncts)
Cardiac risks post-operatively to myocardial ischemia
be hypercoagulable states
aware of
How to minimize risk of cardiac continued use of beta blockers
ischemia in susceptible patients analgesia
post-operatively nitrates
supplemental O2
adequate circulating volume & O2 carrying
capacity
HR control
Respiratory risks post-operatively pre-op respiratory disease status
to impair response to increasing CO2 and
be aware of decreasing
O2
decrease RR/MV --> hypoxemia
T/F: true
supplemental O2 application alone
does not guarantee hypoxemia will
not occur
T/F: false
patient will not be discharged from
PACU is they're unable to void
