When Assessing Patients in the Preoperative Area, the Nurse Knows

question 3

Multiple Choice

When assessing patients in the preoperative area, the nurse knows that which patient is at a higher risk for an altered response to anesthesia?

• A) The 21-year-old patient who has never had surgery before
• B) The 35-year-old patient who stopped smoking 8 years ago
• C) The 40-year-old patient who is to have a kidney stone removed
• D) The 82-year-old patient who is to have gallbladder removal

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Definitions:

Brightness

A perception attribute of visual experience in which a source appears to emit or reflect a high level of light.

Color

A property of light as seen by people, resulting from the way objects absorb and reflect various wavelengths of light, interpreted by the eye and brain.

Brightness

Brightness is the perception of how light or luminous an object or light source appears to the human eye.

Hue

A color or shade, often described as an attribute of visual perception that allows them to be classified as red, blue, green, etc.