1. What is the difference between emotion-focused
and problem-solving coping?
2. A patient says he's not interested in
that hocus pocus when you try to use guided imagery. What would you
do?
3. Your patient is an hour late for his scheduled
admission time and you have to do the admission assessment and check the
chart and get him ready in less than 45 minutes. What is your priority
for teaching? How will you get any pre-operative teaching into your
busy schedule?
4. A patient says that he got a high fever
the last time he had anesthesia. What would you do?
5. A patient going for a knee replacement
says she got a headache and had aspirin at midnight with a sip of water.
What would you do and why?
6. A patient is unable to follow your instructions
for deep breathing. How would you note this on the chart?
7. A patient's consent is not signed and
the OR called and is sending the stretcher to take the patient to the pre-operative
holding area. What is your nursing responsibility in this instance?
8. What would you tell a patient about taking
his anti-hypertensive medications on the day of surgery?
9. A patient wants to leave her wedding ring
on during surgery. What would you do?
10. You suspect that a patient is being less
than honest about the amount of alcohol that he consumes? How can
you phrase a question during your admission assessment that is more likely
to elicit a more realistic answer?
11 .You are interviewing a heavy smoker when
she comes in for her pre-admission testing. She will be having surgery
in ten days. How would you advise her?
12. What would be your concern for an elderly
patient who has had diagnostic testing requiring that she be NPO for a
significant portion of each of three days?
13. What should patients taking anticoagulants
be told about their medication prior to surgery?
14. What information should be given to patients
about pain control prior to their surgery?
Preoperative Nursing Care Quiz
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Lieb Zalon