When the nurse cares for the client in the holding area prior to ...

[penguins]

When the nurse cares for the client in the holding area prior to surgery, the client is in what phase of the surgical process?
 
  1. Preoperative
  2. Intraoperative
  3. Postoperative
  4. Perioperative

Question 2

The nurse is working on an inpatient psychiatric unit that uses milieu therapy. The nurse's role in this form of therapy is to:
 
  1. Avoid caring for the same client every day.
  2. Model normal behavior for the clients.
  3. Provide verbal rewards for good behavior.
  4. Provide negative reinforcement for bad behavior.

[JaynaD87]

Answer to Question 1

1
Rationale: The client is in the preoperative phase of the surgical process until he is wheeled into the operating room, when the intraoperative phase begins. When the client leaves the operating room to go to the post-anesthesia recovery room, he enters the postoperative phase. Together, these three phases are the perioperative period.

Answer to Question 2

2
Rationale: In milieu therapy, the nurse acts as a role model of normal behavior in the hopes the client will model the behavior. Negative reinforcement is never indicated.

[penguins]

TYSM

[kjohnson]

Great answer, keep it coming