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RELIAS PACU RN A VERSION 1 EXAM || LATELY
UPDATED 2025 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE 2025 WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
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What set of findings indicates a patient is likely to be ready for phase 1 discharge?
- (answers)***C) Drowsy, oxygen saturation of 96%, able to cough, and move all
extremities
Meperidine (Demerol) 12.5mg every 15 minutes, IV prn is ordered for shivering in
the PACU. Meperidine is available in 50mg/1ml. How many mililiters should be
given? - (answers)0.25 mililiters
Upon inspecting a patient's epidural insertion site, you notice swelling around the
catheter. What should you do? - (answers)***D) Contact the anesthesia provider
What do you consider to be a safe dose of intravenous fentanyl for an adult who
does not have tolerance to opioids? - (answers)***B) 25 micrograms
Your patient in the PACU has a blood pressure of 171/92 mmHg, a heart rate of
120, respiratory rate of 24, is grimacing, restless, and moaning in bed. What
medication should you prepare to give FIRST? - (answers)***B) 50 mcg fentanyl IV
push
You are about to discharge a day surgery patient with aphasia and you discover
the family members are not available for the discharge instructions and are not
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responding to your phone calls. Business hours are over and the PACU is about to
close. How will you handle the situation? - (answers)***A) Wait until the family
returns
You received a patient from OR post hip replacement surgery. The
anesthesiologist is planning a nerve block in PACU, but the patient did not sign the
consent for the nerve block. How will you proceed? - (answers)***C) Obtain the
consent from medical POA
What is a physical manifestation of neuromuscular blockade (Roc,
succinylcholine)? - (answers)C) Decreased respiratory effort
What position would help alleviate headaches after spinal anesthesia? -
(answers)***D) Flat to supine
The surgeon has ordered ampicillin (Ancef) for a patient. When you check their
chart, you see an allergy to penicillin. What is the BEST action? - (answers)***D)
Contact the provider to question the order
You are receiving report for a patient who had a percutaneous transluminal
angioplasty for right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease and is now
recovering in the PACU. What type of surgical dressing do you expect to find for
this patient? - (answers)***C) Clear dressing applied to the right groin
You are receiving a report on a post op patients from the OR nurse and during the
report when you asked for clarifications, the OR nurse became angry, belligerent,
RELIAS PACU RN A VERSION 1 EXAM || LATELY
UPDATED 2025 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE 2025 WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
GUARANTEED PASS!!
What set of findings indicates a patient is likely to be ready for phase 1 discharge?
- (answers)***C) Drowsy, oxygen saturation of 96%, able to cough, and move all
extremities
Meperidine (Demerol) 12.5mg every 15 minutes, IV prn is ordered for shivering in
the PACU. Meperidine is available in 50mg/1ml. How many mililiters should be
given? - (answers)0.25 mililiters
Upon inspecting a patient's epidural insertion site, you notice swelling around the
catheter. What should you do? - (answers)***D) Contact the anesthesia provider
What do you consider to be a safe dose of intravenous fentanyl for an adult who
does not have tolerance to opioids? - (answers)***B) 25 micrograms
Your patient in the PACU has a blood pressure of 171/92 mmHg, a heart rate of
120, respiratory rate of 24, is grimacing, restless, and moaning in bed. What
medication should you prepare to give FIRST? - (answers)***B) 50 mcg fentanyl IV
push
You are about to discharge a day surgery patient with aphasia and you discover
the family members are not available for the discharge instructions and are not
, 2
responding to your phone calls. Business hours are over and the PACU is about to
close. How will you handle the situation? - (answers)***A) Wait until the family
returns
You received a patient from OR post hip replacement surgery. The
anesthesiologist is planning a nerve block in PACU, but the patient did not sign the
consent for the nerve block. How will you proceed? - (answers)***C) Obtain the
consent from medical POA
What is a physical manifestation of neuromuscular blockade (Roc,
succinylcholine)? - (answers)C) Decreased respiratory effort
What position would help alleviate headaches after spinal anesthesia? -
(answers)***D) Flat to supine
The surgeon has ordered ampicillin (Ancef) for a patient. When you check their
chart, you see an allergy to penicillin. What is the BEST action? - (answers)***D)
Contact the provider to question the order
You are receiving report for a patient who had a percutaneous transluminal
angioplasty for right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease and is now
recovering in the PACU. What type of surgical dressing do you expect to find for
this patient? - (answers)***C) Clear dressing applied to the right groin
You are receiving a report on a post op patients from the OR nurse and during the
report when you asked for clarifications, the OR nurse became angry, belligerent,
