Perioperative Nursing :Questions and Correct Answers
A client is crying and grimacing post-surgery but denies pain and refuses pain medication because "my brother
is a drug addict and has ruined our lives." What is the priority intervention for this client? - ansEncourage
expression of fears and past experiences.
As the client is brought into the operating room suite, the client starts to shiver uncontrollably. What action
should the nurse take first? - ansApply warm blankets.
Before surgery, why does the preoperative nurse physically assess the client? - ansTo establish a client's
baseline of normal function
Individuals at each end of the age spectrum are at 1.____________ risk during surgery due to immature or
aging 2.____________ systems, inability to regulate body 3._____________ and fragile 4.____________. -
ans1. Higher
2. Immune
3. Temperature
4. Skin
Place the following in the correct order of occurrence. - ans1. In the preoperative area, the nurse reviews
instructions and exercises for the postoperative period.
2. The client leaves for the operating room suite and the family is taken to the waiting room.
3. The circulating operating room nurses calls the waiting room and updates family on the progress of the
surgery.
4. The surgeon talks with the family in the waiting room.
5. The client arrives in the PACU.
6. The family sees the client after surgery.
Select which nurse(s) work in the perioperative setting. Select all that apply. - ans*Circulating Nurse
*PACU Nurse
A client is crying and grimacing post-surgery but denies pain and refuses pain medication because "my brother
is a drug addict and has ruined our lives." What is the priority intervention for this client? - ansEncourage
expression of fears and past experiences.
As the client is brought into the operating room suite, the client starts to shiver uncontrollably. What action
should the nurse take first? - ansApply warm blankets.
Before surgery, why does the preoperative nurse physically assess the client? - ansTo establish a client's
baseline of normal function
Individuals at each end of the age spectrum are at 1.____________ risk during surgery due to immature or
aging 2.____________ systems, inability to regulate body 3._____________ and fragile 4.____________. -
ans1. Higher
2. Immune
3. Temperature
4. Skin
Place the following in the correct order of occurrence. - ans1. In the preoperative area, the nurse reviews
instructions and exercises for the postoperative period.
2. The client leaves for the operating room suite and the family is taken to the waiting room.
3. The circulating operating room nurses calls the waiting room and updates family on the progress of the
surgery.
4. The surgeon talks with the family in the waiting room.
5. The client arrives in the PACU.
6. The family sees the client after surgery.
Select which nurse(s) work in the perioperative setting. Select all that apply. - ans*Circulating Nurse
*PACU Nurse
