A patient has been admitted for removal of a cataract from her left eye with an IOL implant. What must the nurse do before taking this patient to the operating room?
A) Answer all the patient's questions before going to the operating room
B) Use active identification with a second identifier to validate you have the right patient
C) Mark the area over the eye that is to be operated on so you don't operate on the wrong eye
D) Make sure the patient is well sedated before entering the operating room
Ans: B
Feedback: Patient identification is critical. Active identification (asking the patient her name) and a second identifier (birth date, history, hospital number) must be verified before any procedure. The surgeon should answer all the patient's questions prior to surgery. It is not up to the nurse to identify the correct eye for the surgeon. The sedation level of the patient lies in the province of the anesthesiologist.
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