You are the nurse working in the preoperative holding area. Your patient has just received a preanesthetic medication. What should you instruct the patient to do?
A) Use the call light to summon the nurse for assistance.
B) Leave the bedpan at the bedside.
C) Have a bedside commode available for the patient.
D) Instruct the patient on catheterization.
Ans: A
Feedback: If preanesthetic medication is administered, the patient is kept in bed with the side rails raised because the medication can cause lightheadedness or drowsiness. The patient should be instructed to use the call light to summon the assistance of the nurse. The patient should not get up, so the bedside commode should not be utilized. Also, the patient should void before administering the preanesthetic medication. The patient should ask for assistance and only utilize the bedpan with the nurse's assistance. If the patient requires catheterization, then the patient should be catheterized in the operating room.
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