You are the nurse in the preoperative holding area. What is included in the care you give to each patient? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Establish an intravenous line
B) Verify surgical site and mark site per institutional policy
C) Take measures to ensure each patient's comfort
D) Review operative plans
E) Prepare medications administered in the OR
Ans: A, B, C
Feedback: In the holding area, the nurse reviews charts, identifies patients, verifies surgical site and marks site per institutional policy, establishes intravenous lines, administers medications if prescribed, and takes measures to ensure each patient's comfort. As a nurse in the preoperative holding area, you do not review the operative plan nor do you prepare medications to be administered by anyone else.
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