During a simulation on intraoperative counts in which peer 'teams' competed, Team 2 was determined to have demonstrated best practice in performing surgical counts. This team, whose members included a RN, CNOR, and CST, reviewed the unit practice standard and current AORN evidence-based guidelines. Select the appropriate order of counts that they demonstrated to their peers.

During a simulation on intraoperative counts in which peer 'teams' competed, Team 2 was determined to have demonstrated best practice in performing surgical counts. This team, whose members included a RN, CNOR, and CST, reviewed the unit practice standard and current AORN evidence-based guidelines. Select the appropriate order of counts that they demonstrated to their peers.

Ketamine is a short-acting induction and IV or intramuscular (IM) maintenance agent. Patients are able to maintain their airways. It is a suitable agent to use with small children and burn patients. The concern with this agent is that in large doses it may cause:

The perioperative nurse noticed abrasions on a patient's elbows when she visited him in the intensive care unit (ICU) the day after his 6-hour abdominal surgery. The patient told her that the ICU nurses had difficulty pulling him back up in bed every time he slid down toward the bottom, and he was not able to be much help in moving himself. This skin injury was probably the result of which physical force?

A 52-year-old 425-pound male patient is scheduled for surgery at the bariatric surgery center in 3 days. He has osteoarthritis and had a spinal fusion when he was 13. His long-time neighbor, a perioperative nurse at the bariatric center, has asked to be the patient's circulating nurse and is contemplating his plan of care. He shared his concern that he would not be able to move himself over to the OR bed and would be embarrassed if the nurses could not lift him. Based on this information, the nurse has identified this nursing diagnosis: ___ and these three positioning-relevant nursing interventions: ___ Select from the options to fill in the blanks.

A male patient had a vasectomy in his urologist's office. The small incision was closed with sutures that are synthetic and will 'dissolve and fall out' after 2 to 3 weeks. As the procedure ended, he heard the doctor ask the nurse for 5-0: