CST - Chapter 15 – PACU 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
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Post-Anesthesia Care Unit - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What does PACU stand for?
postoperative, emergency - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The PACU is staffed by critical
nurses care nurses who are trained in __________ recovery and
___________ medicine.
Immediately - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Patients are admitted to the PACU ______
after surgery and monitoring devices are set up (ECG, pulse oximeter,
oxygen and suction).
Pain, airway, oxygen, temperature - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Once a patient is
admitted to the PACU the patient's level of ______ and consciousness,
_____, circulatory status, _____ perfusion, and _____ are then assessed.
Handover - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔After a patient has been admitted to the PACU
and is stable the circulator nurse performs a ______ to the PACU nurse.
This means that the circulator communicates all information needed to
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, update the PACU nurse on the patient's physiological status before and
during surgery.
Anesthesia Care Provider - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What does ACP stand for?
Information During handover - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Patient history, preoperative
status
- The exact surgery performed, including site
- The length of time anesthesia was delivered and drugs given
- Estimated blood loss and IV fluids administered
- Condition of wounds and drains
- ASA score
- Any complications
- Information about family members
Bleeding - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Changes in wound drainage may indicate
______, which requires an immediate medical response.
Health Status - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ASA score reflects the patient's overall
____ _____.
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Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What does PACU stand for?
postoperative, emergency - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The PACU is staffed by critical
nurses care nurses who are trained in __________ recovery and
___________ medicine.
Immediately - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Patients are admitted to the PACU ______
after surgery and monitoring devices are set up (ECG, pulse oximeter,
oxygen and suction).
Pain, airway, oxygen, temperature - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Once a patient is
admitted to the PACU the patient's level of ______ and consciousness,
_____, circulatory status, _____ perfusion, and _____ are then assessed.
Handover - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔After a patient has been admitted to the PACU
and is stable the circulator nurse performs a ______ to the PACU nurse.
This means that the circulator communicates all information needed to
1
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, update the PACU nurse on the patient's physiological status before and
during surgery.
Anesthesia Care Provider - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What does ACP stand for?
Information During handover - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Patient history, preoperative
status
- The exact surgery performed, including site
- The length of time anesthesia was delivered and drugs given
- Estimated blood loss and IV fluids administered
- Condition of wounds and drains
- ASA score
- Any complications
- Information about family members
Bleeding - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Changes in wound drainage may indicate
______, which requires an immediate medical response.
Health Status - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ASA score reflects the patient's overall
____ _____.
2
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
