A preoperative patient reveals that an uncle died during surgery because of a fever and cardiac arrest. Knowing the patient is at risk for malignant hyperthermia, the perioperative nurse alerts the surgical team. What is likely to happen next?

A preoperative patient reveals that an uncle died during surgery because of a fever and cardiac arrest. Knowing the patient is at risk for malignant hyperthermia, the perioperative nurse alerts the surgical team. What is likely to happen next?

Which patient is ready for discharge from Phase I PACU care to the clinical unit?

Thirty-six hours postoperatively a patient has a temperature of 100°F (37.8°C). What is the most likely cause of this temperature elevation?

Mr. Jones has a scleral buckling procedure for repair of his retinal detachment. He states that he can see quite well now and wants to know if his vision will continue to improve. Which reply by the nurse would be most appropriate?

Mrs. Blakely's postoperative course is otherwise uneventful, and she is fitted with corrective glasses. For Mrs. Blakely to adjust to wearing her new eyeglasses, it would be most important to teach her that