Which is a responsibility of the circulating nurse as the patient enters the room for a surgical procedure?

a. Ask the patient for insurance information.
b. Introduce yourself to patient.
c. Ask the patient to remove street clothes and place them under stretcher.
d. Ask patient to sign the consent form.

ANS: B
Some responsibilities of the circulating nurse include introducing self, identifying the patient, offering a blanket from the warming cabinet, asking the patient to identify self, checking the patient‘s wristband, asking the patient to describe the procedure to be done, having the patient point to the surgical site, checking to see that the spot is marked, verifying the information given to you by the patient with the surgical consent form, verifying allergies the patient may have, and making sure the patient is wearing a cap on their head. These responsibilities protect the wrong patient from having the wrong surgery on the wrong site.