Multiple Choice
The nurse at the outpatient surgery unit obtains all of this information about a patient who is scheduled for cataract extraction and implantation of an intraocular lens. Which information has the most immediate implications for the patient's care?
A) The patient has not eaten anything for 8 hours.
B) The patient takes 3 antihypertensive medications.
C) The patient has had blurred vision for several years.
D) The patient gets nauseated with general anesthesia.
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