45-year-old female admitted for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The client recently had a weight loss of ten kilograms through dieting, and cholelithiasis was subsequently discovered. The client is alert and oriented x 4. No known drug allergies. No surgical history. The client takes levothyroxine for hypothyroidism.
Oral temperature 97 F (36° C); Pulse 90 bpm; Respirations 18; BP 110/64 mm Hg; Oxygen saturation 96% on room air.
A nurse is caring for a client in a surgery center scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
➢ Click to specify if the nursing intervention is completed during the preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative phase. Each intervention may be completed in more than one phase. Each row must have at least one but may have more than one response option selected.
- A. Verify client's name and DOB
- B. Verify client's name and DOB
- C. Verify client's name and DOB
- D. Verify client's name and DOB
- E. Verify NPO status
- F. Verify NPO status
- G. Verify NPO status
- H. Verify NPO status
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