The nurse is caring for a 78-year-old female patient who is scheduled for surgery to remove her brain tumor. The patient is very apprehensive and keeps asking when she will get her preoperative medicine
The medicine is ordered to be given "on call to OR." When would be the best time to give this medication?
A) As soon as possible, in order to alleviate the patient's anxiety
B) As the patient is transferred to the OR bed
C) When the porter arrives on the floor to take the patient to surgery
D) After being notified by the OR and before other preoperative preparations
Ans: D
Feedback:
The nurse can have the medication ready to administer as soon as a call is received from the OR staff. It usually takes 15 to 20 minutes to prepare the patient for the OR. If the nurse gives the medication before attending to the other details of preoperative preparation, the patient will have at least partial benefit from the preoperative medication and will have a smoother anesthetic and operative course.
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