The nurse reviews potential roles for the scrub nurse. Which tasks does the nurse assign to the scrub nurse?
1. Obtain additional supplies and instruments.
2. Assist the circulating nurse with sponge count.
3. Perform an admission assessment of the client.
4. Take tissue specimens to pathology laboratory.
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2. The nurse assigns the task of sponge counting to the scrub nurse; it involves counting the sponges as the scrub nurse opens each package to verify the count on the label, which is usually 10. The circulating nurse records the additional 10 sponges to the total number of sponges used in the procedure. None of the sponges, used or unused, are thrown away and the surgical incision remains open until the successful reconciliation of the sponge count. The scrub nurse and circulating nurse work to-gether on the counts to verify accuracy.
1 and 4. The scrub nurse does not break scrub to obtain items or to deliver tissue spe-cimens during the procedure because the nurse's absence potentially increases the length of the client's procedure.
3. The circulating nurse performs the preoperative assessment because the circulating nurse is the charge nurse of the procedure.
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