The recovery room nurse is admitting a patient from the OR following the patients successful splenectomy. What is the first assessment that the nurse should perform on this newly admitted patient?
A) Heart rate and rhythm
B) Skin integrity
C) Core body temperature
D) Airway patency
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Q2: An adult patient is in the recovery
Q3: The perioperative nurse is preparing to discharge
Q4: The nurse is caring for a 78-year-old
Q5: The perioperative nurse is providing care for
Q6: The nurse is caring for a
Q7: The nurse is preparing to change a
Q8: A patient is 2 hours postoperative
Q9: The nurse is caring for a 79-year-old
Q10: The nurse admits a patient to
Q11: The PACU nurse is caring for
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