CAPA UPDATED SET ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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A
✔✔B. During the preoperative assessment - ✔✔The perianesthesia nurse recognizes
that the effective pain management of any patient with pain should begin:
A. Initially in the PACU
B. During the preoperative assessment
C. With pain intensity scales for verbal patients only
D. 30minutes prior to discharge from the hospital
✔✔B. Decrease anxiety to facilitate understanding of information - ✔✔The
perianesthesia nurse is aware that the primary goals of patient education are to:
A. Get all paperwork completed
B. Decrease anxiety to facilitate understanding of information
C. Make sure all discharge instructions are distributed
D. Ensure proper understanding of facility and fee incurred
✔✔B. Encouraging the patient to sleep in semi-Fowler's position - ✔✔The discharge
plan for a morbidly obese patient who has had a ventral hernia repair includes:
A. Having an oversized commode delivered 2 days postoperatively
B. Encouraging the patient to sleep in semi-Fowler's position
C. Telling the patient to avoid showers for 10 days
D. Telling the patient not to use a binder if it is uncomfortable
✔✔D. The size of the needle used for the puncture - ✔✔A patient is complaining of a
postural puncture headache, postoperatively. The perianesthesia nurse is aware that
this occurence is most frequently attributed to:
A. Elevating the head of the bed too soon
B. A previous post Dural puncture headache
C. Being NPO for a long period preoperatively
, D. The size of the needle used for the puncture
✔✔A. Hypokalemia - ✔✔The perianesthesia nurse is aware that a patient routinely
taking a thiazides diuretic is at increased risk for:
A. Hypokalemia
B. Hyperkalemia
C. Hypocalcemia
D. Hypercalcemia
✔✔B. Be provided a separate negative-pressure isolation room in PACU - ✔✔Post
surgical patients with active tuberculosis should:
A. Remain in the OR under the care of the circulating nurse
B. Be provided a separate negative-pressure isolation room in PACU
C. Be provided an appropriately sized particulate mask
D. Be recovered in an isolation room in the nursing unit
✔✔B. Moral dilemma - ✔✔A patient arrives in am ambulatory surgery facility for elective
abortion. The perianesthesia nurse not supporting this practice is faced with a/an:
A. Ethical dilemma
B. Moral dilemma
C. Moral obligation
D. Ethical reflection
✔✔D. Is a normal response to the separation anxiety that the child is feeling -
✔✔Parents visiting the PACU find that their child refuses to allow them to console or
give care. The perianesthesia nurse explains that this behavior:
A. Results from the pain that the child is experiencing and will subside with medication
B. Indicates that the child wants them to leave and return later
C. Indicates that the parents need to be more firm with the child
D. Is a normal response to the separation anxiety that the child is feeling
✔✔D. Reduction of platelets and the effect on clotting mechanisms - ✔✔The
perianesthesia nurse instructs a patient who is routinely takes Ginkgo biloba to
discontinue this preoperatively because it could cause:
A. Intensification of the sedation effects of narcotics and anesthesia agents
B. Decreased heart rate and blood pressure
C. Exacerbation of immune system function
D. Reduction of platelets and the effect on clotting mechanisms
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A
✔✔B. During the preoperative assessment - ✔✔The perianesthesia nurse recognizes
that the effective pain management of any patient with pain should begin:
A. Initially in the PACU
B. During the preoperative assessment
C. With pain intensity scales for verbal patients only
D. 30minutes prior to discharge from the hospital
✔✔B. Decrease anxiety to facilitate understanding of information - ✔✔The
perianesthesia nurse is aware that the primary goals of patient education are to:
A. Get all paperwork completed
B. Decrease anxiety to facilitate understanding of information
C. Make sure all discharge instructions are distributed
D. Ensure proper understanding of facility and fee incurred
✔✔B. Encouraging the patient to sleep in semi-Fowler's position - ✔✔The discharge
plan for a morbidly obese patient who has had a ventral hernia repair includes:
A. Having an oversized commode delivered 2 days postoperatively
B. Encouraging the patient to sleep in semi-Fowler's position
C. Telling the patient to avoid showers for 10 days
D. Telling the patient not to use a binder if it is uncomfortable
✔✔D. The size of the needle used for the puncture - ✔✔A patient is complaining of a
postural puncture headache, postoperatively. The perianesthesia nurse is aware that
this occurence is most frequently attributed to:
A. Elevating the head of the bed too soon
B. A previous post Dural puncture headache
C. Being NPO for a long period preoperatively
, D. The size of the needle used for the puncture
✔✔A. Hypokalemia - ✔✔The perianesthesia nurse is aware that a patient routinely
taking a thiazides diuretic is at increased risk for:
A. Hypokalemia
B. Hyperkalemia
C. Hypocalcemia
D. Hypercalcemia
✔✔B. Be provided a separate negative-pressure isolation room in PACU - ✔✔Post
surgical patients with active tuberculosis should:
A. Remain in the OR under the care of the circulating nurse
B. Be provided a separate negative-pressure isolation room in PACU
C. Be provided an appropriately sized particulate mask
D. Be recovered in an isolation room in the nursing unit
✔✔B. Moral dilemma - ✔✔A patient arrives in am ambulatory surgery facility for elective
abortion. The perianesthesia nurse not supporting this practice is faced with a/an:
A. Ethical dilemma
B. Moral dilemma
C. Moral obligation
D. Ethical reflection
✔✔D. Is a normal response to the separation anxiety that the child is feeling -
✔✔Parents visiting the PACU find that their child refuses to allow them to console or
give care. The perianesthesia nurse explains that this behavior:
A. Results from the pain that the child is experiencing and will subside with medication
B. Indicates that the child wants them to leave and return later
C. Indicates that the parents need to be more firm with the child
D. Is a normal response to the separation anxiety that the child is feeling
✔✔D. Reduction of platelets and the effect on clotting mechanisms - ✔✔The
perianesthesia nurse instructs a patient who is routinely takes Ginkgo biloba to
discontinue this preoperatively because it could cause:
A. Intensification of the sedation effects of narcotics and anesthesia agents
B. Decreased heart rate and blood pressure
C. Exacerbation of immune system function
D. Reduction of platelets and the effect on clotting mechanisms
