Your assignments this week are as follows. Do your assignments and post the answers in the forum. Remember to cite your source.

At the end of the week, I’ll post a video summary.  

If your last name starts with B, A, D, E, or F

1. According to CMS, how many days out is a surgical site infection in the superficial tissue?
2. Patient going for a procedure for moderate sedation. She desires not to remember anything, Preop nurse shells her that: A. she will be asleep, B. you’ll be relaxed and given a medication to be unaware of your surroundings, C. you will not remember anything don’t worry, or D. you’ll be medicated with something intraoperatively?
3. The patient has received Bier Block and moderate sedation. He reports a metallic taste and tingling lips. What complication is the perioperative nurse concerned with?
4. What is the legal term used for doing surgery without consent? Negligence, Battery, False imprisonment, something else?
5. When a patient has hearing aids, when are they removed for surgery, if at all?

If your last name starts with C, G, I, J, or K

1. What is the legal term used for using an incorrect prep solution? Negligence, Battery, False imprisonment, something else?

1. What is important to check after an AAA repair before the patient leaves the room? The patient’s diet order should advance slowly, Distal pulses with a doppler, Bilateral grip strength
2. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is also known by two other names. What are they?
3. A nurse monitoring the patient for moderate sedation must: A. have no other responsibilities, B. Have ACLS certification? 
4. Explain the route of the current for bipolar electrocautery.

If your last name starts with S, L, N, O, or P

1. The patient’s sacral area is reddened and has a blister. Which class ulcer is this?
2. How do you respond and then document when the surgeon says ‘stop counting, I need help’
3. What does it mean when your patient has a Braden score of 12?
4. What principle of the Nursing Code of Ethics is the patient demonstrating when they want the DNR to remain during surgery?
5. Why is it important not to put a kidney stone in a dry container and not in fluid?   

If your last name starts with H, Q, R, T, or U

1. Why should you not place a bullet into a metal basin? 
2. When do we ensure loaner trays are here and processed ready for procedure?    
3. What is a non-critical item according to the Spaulding Classification System?
4. What does the Anesthesiologist use the Aldrete score to help determine?
5. How often should the biological spore testing be run on an autoclave at minium?

If your last name starts with M, V, W, X, Y, or Z

1. Who puts fire ratings on gowns worn in the OR?
2. What does the Bowie Dick test measure and what type of sterilizer is it used to test? 
3. Before sterilization the label on packaging must contain what information?
4. What does the Nursing Code of Ethics say about the principle of Fidelity?

What part of the nursing process is gathering pillows to p