Perioperative Nursing - Davis Edge
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Which action best maintains patient dignity in the operating room?
A. Limiting documentation
B. Allowing family presence
✔✔C. Proper draping of exposed areas
D. Keeping lights dim
Which preoperative verification prevents wrong-procedure errors?
A. Reviewing lab values
✔✔B. Surgical time-out
C. Starting IV access
D. Applying monitors
Which item should the nurse check first before patient transfer to the OR table?
✔✔A. Safety straps availability
B. Room temperature
C. Instrument layout
D. Suction canister level
Which position increases risk of nerve injury if padding is inadequate?
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,A. Supine
B. Fowler’s
✔✔C. Lithotomy
D. Side-lying
Which factor most increases fire risk in the OR?
A. Moist sponges
✔✔B. High oxygen concentration
C. Low room temperature
D. Sterile drapes
Which intervention reduces surgical site infection risk during hair removal?
A. Razor shaving
✔✔B. Clipping immediately before surgery
C. Waxing
D. No removal ever
Which assessment finding requires delaying surgery?
A. Mild anxiety
✔✔B. Active infection at incision site
C. Controlled hypertension
D. Fasting for 8 hours
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,Which role manages specimen labeling and transport?
✔✔A. Circulating nurse
B. Scrub nurse
C. Anaesthesia provider
D. Surgical technologist
Which sign suggests inadequate tissue perfusion intraoperatively?
A. Warm skin
✔✔B. Decreased urine output
C. Normal capillary refill
D. Stable blood pressure
Which action best prevents retained surgical items?
A. Relying on memory
✔✔B. Standardized counting process
C. Counting once only
D. Surgeon verification only
Which patient is at highest risk for pressure injury during surgery?
A. Short procedure patient
✔✔B. Underweight patient with long surgery
C. Young healthy adult
D. Patient with brief anaesthesia
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, Which medication timing best supports prophylaxis effectiveness?
A. After incision
✔✔B. Within 60 minutes before incision
C. In PACU
D. At discharge
Which assessment is priority immediately after extubation?
✔✔A. Airway patency
B. Pain score
C. Intake and output
D. Skin integrity
Which action reduces venous stasis during surgery?
A. Trendelenburg position
✔✔B. Sequential compression devices
C. Fluid restriction
D. Tight restraints
Which finding indicates local anaesthetic systemic toxicity?
A. Bradycardia
✔✔B. Tinnitus and metallic taste
C. Hypothermia
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Which action best maintains patient dignity in the operating room?
A. Limiting documentation
B. Allowing family presence
✔✔C. Proper draping of exposed areas
D. Keeping lights dim
Which preoperative verification prevents wrong-procedure errors?
A. Reviewing lab values
✔✔B. Surgical time-out
C. Starting IV access
D. Applying monitors
Which item should the nurse check first before patient transfer to the OR table?
✔✔A. Safety straps availability
B. Room temperature
C. Instrument layout
D. Suction canister level
Which position increases risk of nerve injury if padding is inadequate?
1
,A. Supine
B. Fowler’s
✔✔C. Lithotomy
D. Side-lying
Which factor most increases fire risk in the OR?
A. Moist sponges
✔✔B. High oxygen concentration
C. Low room temperature
D. Sterile drapes
Which intervention reduces surgical site infection risk during hair removal?
A. Razor shaving
✔✔B. Clipping immediately before surgery
C. Waxing
D. No removal ever
Which assessment finding requires delaying surgery?
A. Mild anxiety
✔✔B. Active infection at incision site
C. Controlled hypertension
D. Fasting for 8 hours
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,Which role manages specimen labeling and transport?
✔✔A. Circulating nurse
B. Scrub nurse
C. Anaesthesia provider
D. Surgical technologist
Which sign suggests inadequate tissue perfusion intraoperatively?
A. Warm skin
✔✔B. Decreased urine output
C. Normal capillary refill
D. Stable blood pressure
Which action best prevents retained surgical items?
A. Relying on memory
✔✔B. Standardized counting process
C. Counting once only
D. Surgeon verification only
Which patient is at highest risk for pressure injury during surgery?
A. Short procedure patient
✔✔B. Underweight patient with long surgery
C. Young healthy adult
D. Patient with brief anaesthesia
3
, Which medication timing best supports prophylaxis effectiveness?
A. After incision
✔✔B. Within 60 minutes before incision
C. In PACU
D. At discharge
Which assessment is priority immediately after extubation?
✔✔A. Airway patency
B. Pain score
C. Intake and output
D. Skin integrity
Which action reduces venous stasis during surgery?
A. Trendelenburg position
✔✔B. Sequential compression devices
C. Fluid restriction
D. Tight restraints
Which finding indicates local anaesthetic systemic toxicity?
A. Bradycardia
✔✔B. Tinnitus and metallic taste
C. Hypothermia
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