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Perioperative Care Fundamentals Practice Questions Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
In anticipation of a patient's scheduled surgery, the nurse is teaching her to perform deep breathing and coughing to use postoperatively. What action should the nurse teach the patient?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct technique involves the patient in a sitting position taking a deep, slow breath in through the mouth, exhaling through the mouth, then taking a short breath and coughing from deep in the lungs. This promotes lung expansion and clears secretions post-surgery. Choice A's frequency is excessive, B's forceful exhale is incorrect, and D lacks coughing, missing the goal of secretion clearance. Per preoperative teaching, this method reduces risks like atelectasis, aligning with respiratory care standards.
Question 2 of 5
The admitting nurse in a short-stay surgical unit is responsible for numerous aspects of care. What must the nurse verify before the patient is taken to the preoperative holding area?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The nurse verifies preoperative teaching to ensure patient readiness, per unit protocol. Family awareness of duration or discharge timing is secondary; assuming no home care is premature. Teaching confirmation is critical pre-transfer.
Question 3 of 5
A circulating nurse provides care in a surgical department that has multiple surgeries scheduled for the day. The nurse should know to monitor which patient most closely during the intraoperative period because of the increased risk for hypothermia?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The elderly woman with low BMI risks hypothermia due to impaired thermoregulation and less insulation, per intraoperative risks. Younger patients (choices B, D) or average BMI are less vulnerable. Age drives monitoring priority.
Question 4 of 5
You are caring for a male patient who has had spinal anesthesia. The patient is under a physician's order to lie flat postoperatively. When the patient asks to go to the bathroom, you encourage him to adhere to the physician's order. What rationale for complying with this order should the nurse explain to the patient?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Lying flat prevents spinal headaches by maintaining cerebrospinal pressure, per post-spinal care. Hypotension and respiratory issues aren't position-related; lumbar pain isn't typical. The nurse explains this benefit.
Question 5 of 5
The intraoperative nurse is implementing a care plan that addresses the surgical patient's risk for vomiting. Interventions that address the potential for vomiting reduce the risk of what subsequent surgical complication?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Vomiting risks aspiration, leading to hypoxia via bronchial spasms, per complication data. Skin integrity , hyperthermia , and hypothermia aren't linked. Intraoperative care prevents respiratory issues.