N5451 Skills Lab Video Quizzes - Module 7 Perioperative Nursing
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N5451 Skills Lab Video Quizzes - Module 7 Perioperative Nursing The nurse is teaching a client how to perform the recommended postoperative activities to avoid potential complications. In which body system may complications most commonly be avoided by performing these activities? Cardiovascular T...
N5451 Skills Lab Video Quizzes - Module 7
Perioperative Nursing
The nurse is teaching a client how to perform the recommended postoperative activities
to avoid potential complications. In which body system may complications most
commonly be avoided by performing these activities?
Cardiovascular
The nurse demonstrates that the client understands preoperative teaching by
documenting which client statement? "
Leg exercises will help decrease risk of a blood clot."
What is the most important reason to include the client's family members and/or other
caregivers during preoperative teaching?
to provide support and reinforcement of activities in the postoperative period
The nurse is teaching deep-breathing exercises to a client who is undergoing thoracic
surgery. In what position would the nurse place the client for these exercises?
Fowler's
When initiating deep-breathing exercises for a postoperative client, what would be the
nurse's instructions for the first breath?
Exhale first and breathe in through the nose.
The nurse is teaching a preoperative client how to perform deep-breathing exercises.
What is the next step the client would take after exhaling first and breathing in through
the nose?
Hold the breath for five seconds and exhale through pursed lips.
The nurse is teaching a preoperative client how to perform deep-breathing exercises
after back surgery. What is the best method to ensure that the client understands the
procedure?
Ask the client for a return demonstration.
The nurse is caring for a postoperative client after abdominal surgery. Why is it
important to splint the client's incision during coughing exercises?
It will support the incision and decrease pain.
A nurse is explaining to a client about coughing following surgery. Which teaching
statements follows the recommended guidelines?
"When coughing, apply firm pressure on the incision with a bath blanket to minimize
discomfort."
, The nurse is teaching a preoperative client how to cough following a surgical procedure.
Which statement accurately describes a step in this procedure?
Inhale and exhale three times, inhale and hold the breath for three seconds, and lightly
cough three times.
The nurse is teaching a client about splinting and coughing postoperatively. What
position would the nurse teach the client to assume for coughing?
Sitting up and leaning forward.
The nurse is correct when placing the postoperative client in which position for the client
to perform incentive spirometry exercises?
Fowler's
The nurse observes the client's correct use of the incentive spirometer when what
occurs?
The client takes slow, deep inhalations into the incentive spirometry tube 5 to 10 times
per hour.
The nurse is teaching a postoperative client how to use an incentive spirometer. What
type of complication may be avoided with the proper use of this device?
Pneumonia.
The nurse explains to a client with a history of asthma why the health care provider has
prescribed an incentive spirometer to be used postoperatively. What is the therapeutic
effect of using this device?
It teaches the client to take deep breaths after surgery.
The nurse is assisting a postoperative client to perform leg exercises. Which is the first
step in this exercise?
Straighten the knee, raise the foot, and extend the lower leg for a few seconds.
The nurse is teaching the client about postoperative leg exercises. The nurse would
instruct the client to repeat leg exercises how many times?
3 times
A nurse is teaching a client how to perform leg exercises. Which postoperative
complications may be prevented with leg exercises?
Venous stasis.
The nurse is caring for a postoperative client after abdominal surgery. The client states,
"I don't want to change positions in bed because I am afraid." How should the nurse
respond?
"Changing position decreases your risk of pulmonary and skin complications."
The nurse helps turn a postsurgical client in bed. What is the most important
intervention prior to leaving the client's room?
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