Perianesthesia Nursing

4. Ointment used 5 days prior to total joint replacement
6. An important responsibility for the PST nurse is preoperative _____
9. The framework for perianesthesia nursing in all phases
11. PACU nurses are highly trained _____ care nurses
15. Gives physician permission to perform surgery
16. T or F Its okay for the PST nurse to not obtain a pregnancy test if a patient is 35 y/o and has had a tubal ligation
17. "milk of anesthesia"
19. This can be easily "lost" when a patient is emerging from general anesthesia

1. Must be reconciled by surgeon for AVS to print
2. Street names for this drug include Dance Fever and China Girl
3. Phase 2 GYN patients must do this before discharge
5. Celebration week for perianesthesia nurses
7. Temperature less than 96.8 degrees
8. Life threatening event that may occur after administration of local anesthetic drugs
10. Certification for a PACU nurse
12. Type of history and physical that must be done within 24 hrs of surgery
13. Do not silence these
14. The Stop-bang questionnaire is used by PST nurses to detect patients ar high risk for this
15. Certified ambulatory perianesthesia nurse
18. EVERY postop patient is at high risk for these