Which is the first observation the nurse makes of the patient returning to the nursing unit from the recovery room (PACU)?

Match the following postoperative intervention with the correct complication the intervention is preventing. Answers may be used more than once.

Which surgical patient has the greatest risk for post-operative respiratory complications?

Glass walls

In implementing non-discriminatory policies toward sexual minorities at work,

While caring for a postoperative patient on the second postoperative day, which information about the patient is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

A patient has been receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Upon assessment, you note that he is diaphoretic, skin is cool to the touch, and he seems confused.  What problem do you suspect that he is experiencing?

Margo McCaffrey defines pain as:

You are starting your shift and have received reports for the following four clients. Which client would you see first?

The nurse recognizes that the use of spinal anesthesia would be particularly beneficial to a patient who needs surgery in which situation?  Select only ONE answer