CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
1. While a 55-year-old patient is being interviewed for B.) discontinuing all
herbal
elective surgery, the patient reports taking no medica- supplements
2 weeks pri-
tions, except for echinacea. The perianesthesia nurse is
, CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
aware that teaching instructions include: or to surgery.
A. continuing all herbal supplements up to
the day of surgery.
B. discontinuing all herbal supplements 2 weeks
prior to surgery.
C. knowing that 60% of all modern drugs are
derived from plants.
D.discontinuing all herbal supplements 2 days
prior to surgery.
2. A 3-year-old patient with a history of spina
bifida is received postoperatively with audible a latex allergy or
wheezes and re- tractions. The perianesthesia sensitivity.
nurse observes blisters under an adhesive
bandage and suspects:
3. Following spinal anesthesia, the best indicator of com- urinate.
plete return of function is the ability to:
4. A patient arrives in the PACU following liver biopsy. The reposition the
patient on
patient is lying on the left side and is the right side
complaining of pain. The perianesthesia
nurse's first action is to: cover the patient
with a blanket.
notify the physician for an IV pain medication
order. quickly connect the patient to the
monitors. reposition the patient on the right
side.
5. When transferring a patient, a standardized approach ask questions
from the
to the hand-off report includes an opportunity for the
, CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
receiving nurse to: transferring nurse
, CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
obtain patient valuables from the
transferring nurse. ask questions from the
transferring nurse.
view the patient's past medical records.
ask questions of the patient regarding their
care. auscultating the chest bi-
laterally
6. Upon a patient's arrival to the PACU, the
perianesthe- sia nurse assesses the correct
placement of the endo- tracheal tube by:
evaluating the respiratory
effort. checking the cuff
inflation. measuring residual
tidal volume. auscultating the
chest bilaterally.
7. The purpose of administering metoclopramide during promote
gastric emptying
the preoperative period is to:
control intraoperative anesthesia
requirements. potentiate the effects of
benzodiazepines. promote gastric
emptying.
increase gastric pH.
8. For a 9-year-old patient, the most appropriate 9. The major
preop- erative teaching approach focuses on: symptom
audiovisual material that explains what to of
expect. avoiding unnecessary separation compartm
from the parent. verbal explanations of ent
what will happen. instructions relayed to syndrome
the parents. is:
Skills.
1. While a 55-year-old patient is being interviewed for B.) discontinuing all
herbal
elective surgery, the patient reports taking no medica- supplements
2 weeks pri-
tions, except for echinacea. The perianesthesia nurse is
, CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
aware that teaching instructions include: or to surgery.
A. continuing all herbal supplements up to
the day of surgery.
B. discontinuing all herbal supplements 2 weeks
prior to surgery.
C. knowing that 60% of all modern drugs are
derived from plants.
D.discontinuing all herbal supplements 2 days
prior to surgery.
2. A 3-year-old patient with a history of spina
bifida is received postoperatively with audible a latex allergy or
wheezes and re- tractions. The perianesthesia sensitivity.
nurse observes blisters under an adhesive
bandage and suspects:
3. Following spinal anesthesia, the best indicator of com- urinate.
plete return of function is the ability to:
4. A patient arrives in the PACU following liver biopsy. The reposition the
patient on
patient is lying on the left side and is the right side
complaining of pain. The perianesthesia
nurse's first action is to: cover the patient
with a blanket.
notify the physician for an IV pain medication
order. quickly connect the patient to the
monitors. reposition the patient on the right
side.
5. When transferring a patient, a standardized approach ask questions
from the
to the hand-off report includes an opportunity for the
, CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
receiving nurse to: transferring nurse
, CAPA Weekly Challenge – Boost Your Certification
Skills.
obtain patient valuables from the
transferring nurse. ask questions from the
transferring nurse.
view the patient's past medical records.
ask questions of the patient regarding their
care. auscultating the chest bi-
laterally
6. Upon a patient's arrival to the PACU, the
perianesthe- sia nurse assesses the correct
placement of the endo- tracheal tube by:
evaluating the respiratory
effort. checking the cuff
inflation. measuring residual
tidal volume. auscultating the
chest bilaterally.
7. The purpose of administering metoclopramide during promote
gastric emptying
the preoperative period is to:
control intraoperative anesthesia
requirements. potentiate the effects of
benzodiazepines. promote gastric
emptying.
increase gastric pH.
8. For a 9-year-old patient, the most appropriate 9. The major
preop- erative teaching approach focuses on: symptom
audiovisual material that explains what to of
expect. avoiding unnecessary separation compartm
from the parent. verbal explanations of ent
what will happen. instructions relayed to syndrome
the parents. is:
