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SAVANNAHHOOPER23

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The nurse acknowledges that all preoperative nursing interventions have been performed by signing which document?
 
  a. Nurse's notes
  b. Anesthesia record
  c. Preoperative checklist
  d. Physician's order sheet

Question 2

Decreased activity in an obese surgical patient predisposes the patient to which complication?
 
  a. Cardiac arrest
  b. Pneumonia
  c. Incisional hernias
  d. Hypoventilation


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Rilsmarie951

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
When the nurse signs the preoperative checklist, that nurse assumes responsibility for all areas of care included on the list.

Answer to Question 2

D
Immediate postoperative hypoventilation can result from drugs (anesthetics, narcotics, tranquilizers, sedatives) incisional pain, obesity, chronic lung disease, or pressure on the diaphragm.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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