Which activities are the circulating nurse's responsibilities in the OR?
1. Monitor the position of the client, prepare the surgical site, and ensure the client's safety
2. Give preop meds in the holding area and monitor the client's response to anesthesia
3. Prepare sutures; set up the sterile fild, and count all needles and sponges and instruments
4. Prepare the meds to be administered by the anesthesiologist and change the tubing for the anesthesia machine
1. Monitor the position of the client, prepare the surgical site, and ensure the client's safety
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The laws that formally define and limit the scope of nursing practice in that state are the:
a. standards of care. b. regulation of practice. c. American Nurses' Association Code. d. nurse practice act.
A patient with a desire to stop smoking asks a nurse about nicotine chewing gum [Nicorette]. The patient currently smokes 30 cigarettes per day. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
a. "Stop using the gum 6 months after you stop using cigarettes." b. "Use the 4-mg strength gum and chew one piece every 2 to 3 hours." c. "Use the gum whenever you feel a craving for a cigarette." d. "You should start with 30 pieces of the 2-mg strength gum per day."
The immune system attacks the synaptic junction between the nerve and muscle fibers, blocking acetylcholine receptor sites in:
a. myasthenia gravis. b. encephalitis. c. multiple sclerosis. d. cerebral palsy.
A client who has been camping comes to the clinic because of an infected arm. The nurse assesses the wound and gathers data from the client, learning that the client was bitten by a raccoon
The nurse expects the client will be given which of the following? 1. A tetanus toxoid injection 2. An immunization for rabies 3. An injection of immunoglobulin 4. Mother's breast milk with antibodies in it