A patient diagnosed with emphysema is being prepared for surgery. What laboratory value should the nurse review to obtain information about the patient's respiratory status?
1. carbon dioxide
2. white blood cell count
3. serum creatinine
4. blood urea nitrogen
Question 2
After providing a patient with a preoperative sedative, the nurse notes that the surgical consent form has not been signed by the patient. What should the nurse do?
1. Contact the surgeon.
2. Ask the patient to sign the consent form.
3. Send the patient for surgery with an unsigned consent form.
4. Phone the operating room suite to notify the nurse that the patient has not signed the consent form.
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