The nurse is collecting a nursing history from a preoperative patient who is to receive local anesthesia. While taking the admission history, the patient says she is allergic to lidocaine. What is the nurse's priority action?
A) Notify the anesthesiologist.
B) Cancel the surgery.
C) Notify the surgeon.
D) Tell the perioperative nurse.
A
Feedback:
The priority action is to inform the anesthesiologist who will administer the anesthetic because local anesthesia often involves use of lidocaine. It is not within the nurse's scope of practice to cancel surgery. Notifying the surgeon and the perioperative nurse is appropriate but is not the priority of care.
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