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With the help of our intraoperative quiz with questions and answers, find out more about the intraoperative phase extends from the time the client is admitted to the operating room, to the time of anesthesia administration, the performance of the surgical procedure, and until the client is transported to the recovery room or postanesthesia care unit (PACU). While taking the quiz, consider each question carefully before answering. All the best!

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Intraoperative Quiz Questions And Answers

1. The nursing student is preparing an elderly patient for surgery. The patient is scheduled for a general anesthetic. Which side effect should the nurse monitor the patient for?

2. You are the circulating nurse. Which task are you solely responsible for?

3. A 21-year-old patient is positioned on the OR bed prior to knee surgery. The anesthesiologist administers the anesthetic. What is the next step in the care of this patient?

4. You are the circulating nurse in an operating room that has several surgeries scheduled. You would know to monitor which patient during the intraoperative period because he or she is at increased risk for hypothermia?

5. The anesthetist is coming to the unit to see a patient prior to surgery that is scheduled for tomorrow morning. What information, obtained during the admission assessment, should be given to the anesthetist during the visit?

6. Surgical asepsis is a requirement in the restricted zone of the operating suite. What personal protective equipment should the nurse wear at all times in the restricted zone of the operating room?

7. As an OR nurse, you have an increased awareness regarding asepsis. You know that a basic guideline for maintaining surgical asepsis is what?

8. Your patient is a 35-year-old female who has been administered general anesthesia. The patient is in stage II (the excitement stage) of anesthesia. Which intervention might you need to implement during this stage?

9. What is the best rationale for intubation during a surgical procedure?

10. You are the circulating nurse in an outpatient surgery center. Your patient is scheduled to receive moderate sedation. You know that a patient receiving this form of anesthesia should what?

11. A nurse is caring for a patient following surgery under a spinal anesthetic. What interventions can the nurse implement to prevent a spinal headache?

12. You are the nurse caring for a patient who will receive a transsacral block. In what surgeries would a transsacral block be useful for pain control?

13. You are the circulating nurse caring for a 78-year-old patient who is scheduled for a total hip replacement. Which of the factors should you consider during the preparation of the patient in the operating room?

14. The operating room nurse is taking the patient into the OR when the patient informs the operating nurse that his grandmother spiked a 104°F temperature in the operating room and nearly died 15 years ago. What relevance does this information have regarding your patient?

15. You note a colleague making an inappropriate remark about the patient's weight. The patient is unconscious at the time. What should you do?

16. You are caring for a male patient who has had spinal anesthesia. The patient is under a physician's order to lie flat postoperatively. When the patient asks to go to the bathroom, you encourage him to comply with the physician's order. What is the rationale for complying with this order?

17. You are packing a patient's abdominal wound with sterile, half-inch Iodoform gauze. You drop some of the gauze onto the patient's abdomen 2 inches (5 cm) away from the wound. What should you do?

18. You are the nurse performing wound care on a 68-year-old male patient. Which of the following practices violates surgical asepsis?

19. A patient is scheduled for surgery the next day. What is the best approach to this surgery?

20. What is the basis of the collaboration of the surgical team that results in the best outcome for the patient?

21. Which of the following events subjects the surgical patient to possible injury in the intraoperative phase of the surgical experience? (Mark all that apply.)

22. You are a circulating nurse in the day surgery center. You know that each patient has the potential for complications intraoperatively. What are these complications? (Mark all that apply.)

23. You are preparing to take your patient into the operating room. As the circulating nurse, one of your responsibilities is to review the patient's record. What are you reviewing the record for?

24. You are the circulating nurse for several surgeries today. What would be one of your major goals for each of these patients?

25. The circulating nurse meets the patient in a warm and friendly manner. The nurse discusses what the patient can expect in surgery. What basic communication skills does the nurse use?

26. What position used for surgery can cause irreparable nerve damage?

27. The patient's surgery is nearly finished. The surgeon has decided to use tissue adhesives to close the surgical wound. As the nurse, you know that this puts the patient at increased risk for what?

28. As a circulating nurse, you are the advocate of each of your patients. What does patient advocacy in the operating room entail?

29. The nurse is caring for a patient who is scheduled to have a needle biopsy of the pleura. The patient tells the anesthesiologist he wants a local conduction block. Which local conduction block can be used to block the nerves leading to the chest?

30. Which nursing diagnosis would a circulating nurse use on her intraoperative patients who have a general anesthetic? (Mark all that apply.)

31. As a nurse, you know that one of the risks for a surgical patient is vomiting. What can aspirated vomitus lead to?

32. You are a new nurse in the operating room. Your preceptor is teaching you about malignant hyperthermia. Which symptom is often the earliest sign of malignant hyperthermia?

33. As a perioperative nurse, you know that the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals all pertain to the perioperative areas. Which of the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals has the most direct relevance to the operating room?

34. You have a 72-year-old female patient who is scheduled for a left total knee replacement. Which complication is this patient at increased risk for because of her aging cardiovascular system?

35. The nurse knows that elderly patients are at higher risk for complications and adverse outcomes during the intraoperative period. What is the best rationale for this phenomenon?

36. As an intraoperative nurse, you know that the patient's emotional state can influence the outcome of his or her surgical procedure. How would you best reinforce the patient's ability to influence their outcome?

37. As an intraoperative nurse, you know that maintaining an aseptic environment in the operating room is essential. When moving around surgical areas, what distance must be kept from the sterile field?

38. As an intraoperative nurse, what is your responsibility to your patient in relation to malignant hyperthermia? (Mark all that apply.)

39. Your patient is asleep on the operating table. As the circulating nurse, you are aware of the potential environmental hazards to your patient. What is an environmental hazard in the operating room?

40. A part of the intraoperative nurse's role is being a patient advocate. What is an advocacy activity of the intraoperative nurse?

41. Your patient is a 25-year-old obstetric patient. You know that she is at increased risk for what?