Lucinda is a 27-year-old woman with a history of asthma who is scheduled for an appendectomy later today. Due to her asthma, her preoperative teaching would include the need for postoperative:

Lucinda is a 27-year-old woman with a history of asthma who is scheduled for an appendectomy later today. Due to her asthma, her preoperative teaching would include the need for postoperative:

Many herbal products that are commonly taken cause surgical problems. Which herbs listed below should the nurse teach the patient to avoid before surgery to prevent an increase in bleeding for the surgical patient (select all that apply)?

When the nurse prepares to administer a preoperative medication to a patient, the patient tells the nurse that she really does not understand what the surgeon plans to do. What action should be taken by the nurse? What criterion of informed consent has not been met in this situation?

When transporting an inpatient to the surgical department, which area is a nurse from another area of the hospital able to access?

At the end of the surgical procedure, the perioperative nurse evaluates the patient's response to the nursing care delivered during the perioperative period. What reflects a positive outcome related to the patient's physical status?