The nurse is admitting a 35-year-old patient to the preoperative unit in preparation for an elective inguinal hernia repair procedure to be performed under general anesthesia. What is the nurse's initial priority nursing assessment?
A) Assess the patient's anxiety.
B) Start an IV.
C) Show the family the waiting area.
D) Weigh the patient.
D
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Weighing the patient is an initial priority because his or her weight will be used to determine appropriate dosing of all medications and will establish a baseline used for evaluation of any potential adverse effects. Other options are all actions the nurse will need to perform, but none are of higher priority than weighing the patient.
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