Prophecy- Core Mandatory (Nursing) Exam.

Prophecy- Core Mandatory (Nursing) Exam. You are the circulating nurse confirming consent with a patient scheduled for an exploratory laparotomy with colostomy. The patient states they do not want a colostomy. What should you do? What equipment is most important for a patient undergoing an emergency trauma surgery who declines a donated blood transfusion You have been asked to take a specimen from an OR during a bronchoscopy and immediately take it to the lab. What must you do first You suspect long-term substance abuse during the pre-op interview with your patient. Which of the following assessment findings would support this suspicion After applying an alcohol-based skin preparations for a laser procedure, what should you do next What medication should be administered to a patient who has received moderate sedation with midazolam who has unexpected respiratory depression After starting a blood transfusion, you observe that a patient undergoing moderate sedation has a temperature increase from 98.2 to 101.3 and coarse breath sounds. What is the first thing you should do What is the minimum distance unscrubbed personnel should remain from the sterile field You are preparing a patient for a laparotomy. What instrument do you anticipate seeing on the back table Which of the following medications is contraindicated for a patient with a family history of malignant hyperthermia You are caring for a patient who is infected with Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). What infection control practice must you implement after transferring the patient Answers @ Upon opening a sterile major tray, you discover the chemical indicators are missing. What should you do? As a circulator, where do you stand during induction You are the perioperative nurse who is doing the preoperative skin preparation on a clean abdominal case. Where should you start the skin preparation A patient was prepared for intubation by mask ventilation with a mixture of sevoflurane, nitrous oxide, and oxygen. One minute after intubation their heart rate increased from 160 to 195 b/m. Soon the patient's end tital carbon dioxide concentration was increased from 35 to 65 mmHg. Also, the patient's oral temperature increased to 38.9 within 5 minutes after induction. What is the patient experiencing After draping the left side of the patient, how should you drape the right side What is the safest location for sharps during a surgical procedure You review the patient's chart and discover that the patient has an allergy to penicillin. What medication order should you be worried about Upon arrival to PACU you notice your patient is having a laryngospasm. What is the first action When should a surgical "Time Out" be performed