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

Next Wednesday, I’ll post a video summary.

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

1. What is the first thing to do for bronchospasm?
2. The statement ‘The patient will maintain normothermia intraoperatively’ is what part of the nursing process?
3. What food allergy contradicts the use of Propofol?
4. What does incarcerated hernia mean?
5. The PACU nurse receives a patient who begins to experience Clonidine withdrawal. What does this look like?

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

1. The patient receives a blood transfusion and develops a local rash. What type of reaction is this?
2. What are Proparacaine drops used for?
3. Patient in PACU after ORIF of the femur with VSS on Admission suddenly experiencing SOB and Tachycardia. What do you suspect?
4. What medication in the patient’s med list would make Flumazenil and contraindication?
5. When you ask a patient to touch their thumb and pinking finger together, what nerve(s) are you assessing?

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

1. Special considerations a patient with Addison disease will require when going for surgery are:
2. The s/p decortication patient has crepitus in the chest and shoulder. What is the perianesthesia nurse’s response?
3. Alpha blockers, Nitroglycerin and isosorbide are contraindicated in patients taking: A. Tadalafil (Cialis), B. Digoxin (Lanoxin), C. Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse)?
4. The Jehovah’s Witness patient does not want blood products. What volume expander would be permitted by this patient’s religion?
5. The patient received a massive transfusion (10u PRBC) intraoperatively. What electrolyte is likely low? 

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

• 1. A Jehovah Witness patient doesn’t want blood. What is your next step?
  2. In a patient experiencing laryngospasm, the nurse would expect to find which of the following after doing a complete respiratory assessment? a. patient states that it is hard to breathe and is visibly dyspneic.b. audible wheezes and use of accessory muscles c. pink frothy sputum d. inspiratory stridor with tracheal tug
  3. What medication for treating glaucoma should you ask the patient to hold prior to cataract surgery?
  4. Your s/p strabismus repair patient is experiencing oculomotor syndrome. What are the symptoms and what do you do about it?
  5. How is the patient with chicken pox transported to the pediatric floor after surgery?

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

1. What are the contraindications for having an epidural?
2. What do you tell your s/p mastopexy patient about arm movement for the first few days after surgery?
3. Why should NSAIDs be avoided in Von Willibrand’s disease?
4. Why is epinephrine added to local anesthetics?
5. What preoperative drug to you expect to give a patient who has had an adrenalectomy?