As an intraoperative nurse, you are the advocate for each of the patients who receives care in the surgical setting. How can you best exemplify the principles of patient advocacy?
A) By encouraging the patient to perform deep breathing preoperatively
B) By limiting the patient's contact with family members preoperatively
C) By maintaining each of your patients' privacy
D) By eliciting informed consent from patients
Ans: C
Feedback:
Patient advocacy in the OR entails maintaining the patient's physical and emotional comfort, privacy, rights, and dignity. Deep breathing is not necessary before surgery and obtaining informed consent is the purview of the physician. Family contact should not be limited.
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