PANAW 2023

3. One of the most frequent side effects of ketamine anesthesia is:
5. A patient in the PACU following a parathyroidectomy reports perioral numbness and pain with muscle spasm in the arm after each blood pressure reading. These findings are indicative of:
8. The perianesthesia nurse is aware that which of the following drugs blocks the 5HT3 serotonin receptor?
9. A patient in mild respiratory distress is in Phase I PACU. Another patient is a 6-year- old child whose parents have left to eat. A third patient has just arrived from the operating room. There are two patients waiting for discharge to Phase II, and one who is ready for discharge but waiting to void. According to the ASPAN Standards there should be at least:

1. After extubating a patient, which of the following symptoms should be immediately reported to the anesthesia provider?
2. Certified Ambulatory perianesthesia nurse.
3. The nurse is caring for a patient following an electroconvulsive therapy procedure. The patient is observed closely for bradycardia and:
4. A patient who received spinal anesthesia and has postoperative hypothermia is rewarmed by radiant heat and experiences a drop in blood pressure. The etiology of this finding is:
6. A patient's wound is positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The perianesthesia nurse is aware that the patient requires which type of isolation precautions?
7. Certified Perianesthesia Nurse