A nurse working in post acute care unit is taking care of a 77 year old male recovering from surgery with general anesthesia. What would be an appropriate outcome?
  1. The patient will be oriented to person, place, time and situation.
  2. The patient will have a urine output of 70 mL over 2 hours.
  3. The patient will have a pulse ox O2 saturation of 98% on 1 Liter of O2.
  4. The patient will have sensation in all of his extremities.
Explanation
Answer: C- The most appropriate outcome is to maintain a pulse ox of 98% on 1 Liter of oxygen. The focus is on the anesthesia. The correct evaluation of recovering from anesthesia would be effective oxygenation.
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