During the care of a preoperative patient, the nurse has given the patient a preoperative benzodiazepine. The patient is now requesting to void. What action should the nurse take?
A) Assist the patient to the bathroom.
B) Offer the patient a bedpan or urinal.
C) Wait until the patient gets to the operating room and is catheterized.
D) Have the patient go to the bathroom.
Ans: B
Feedback:
If a preanesthetic medication is administered, the patient is kept in bed with the side rails raised because the medication can cause lightheadedness or drowsiness. If a patient needs to void following administration of a sedative, the nurse should offer the patient a urinal. The patient should not get out of bed because of the potential for lightheadedness.
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