PACU (Nursing 2) Exam 1 - Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025)
PACU stands for: - Correct Answers ✅post-anesthesia care
unit
The primary purpose of the PACU is: - Correct Answers
✅ongoing critical evaluation and stabilization of pt.
Upon admission, the pt must be: - Correct Answers
✅placed on/with EKG, pulse ox, BP cuff, and oxygen When a pt arrives in PACU, the ___ gives report. - Correct Answers ✅CRNA/Anesth.
Phase 1: - Correct Answers ✅Intense monitoring, preparing
pt for d/c or inpatient unit
Phase 2: - Correct Answers ✅Preparing pt for Phase III,
home, or rehab facility
Phase 3: - Correct Answers ✅Preparing pt for self care,
observation, rehab
Fast tracking: - Correct Answers ✅Pt admitted to PACU
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PACU (Nursing 2) Exam 1 - Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025)
Intraoperative management while giving admission report: -
Correct Answers ✅what anesthesia was used, meds given, EBL, fluid replacement totals, urine output
Intraoperative course while giving admission report: -
Correct Answers ✅unexpected anesthetic events/reactions, VS, monitoring trends, lab results
PACU assessment priority: - Correct Answers ✅Adequacy of
airway (rate, rhythm, accessory muscles, breath sounds, O2 sat)
Pts at higher risk in PACU: - Correct Answers ✅those that
received general, elderly, smokers/lung disease, obese, pts that went under thoracic/airway/abd surgery
Obese pts are at a higher risk in PACU due to: - Correct
Answers ✅adipose tissue absorbing anesthesia and slowly releasing over time, they're harder to wake
Reasons for airway obstruction: - Correct Answers
✅blockage (usually tongue), supine position, extremely sleepiness, laryngospasm (throat close), retained secretions, laryngeal edema (from neck surgery)
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