Always use the highest setting of current when beginning a procedure that uses electrosurgery so that the surgeon has the maximum available power to cut or coagulate tissue
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
A safe general rule for the circulating nurse is to start with the lowest setting of current that accomplishes the desired degree of coagulating or cutting and then increase the current at the surgeon's request.
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