The nurse is completing the preoperative checklist on the night shift in preparation for the client's surgery, scheduled for 0800. Which tasks could the nurse complete at this time?
1. Documenting the time of last voiding
2. Checking the medical record for the history, physical, and signed informed consent
3. Administering preoperative medication
4. Removing the prosthesis
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Rationale 1: The nurse on day shift preparing to send the client to surgery would document time of last voiding.
Rationale 2: The nurse on night shift could check the medical record to ensure that a history and physical have been completed, and that the consent for surgery is signed.
Rationale 3: The nurse on day shift preparing to send the client to surgery would administer preoperative medication.
Rationale 4: Many clients prefer to wait until just before going to surgery before removing dentures, contact lenses, and other prostheses.
Global Rationale: The nurse on night shift could check the medical record to ensure that a history and physical have been completed, and that the consent for surgery is signed. The nurse on day shift preparing to send the client to surgery would document time of last voiding and administration of preoperative medication. Many clients prefer to wait until just before going to surgery before removing dentures, contact lenses, and other prostheses.
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