Microsurgical Techniques Have Been Applied to Cranial,spinal,and Peripheral Nerve Operations

Multiple Choice

Microsurgical techniques have been applied to cranial,spinal,and peripheral nerve operations.Each time the surgeon must look away and then back to the surgical field,open wound time and anesthesia time are increased while the surgeon becomes reoriented to the field.A nursing action,in the scrub person role,directed toward assisting the surgeon in efficiency and expediting the microsurgical procedure would be to:

A) have the patient prepped and draped before the time-out.
B) place the instruments and accessories within the surgeon's peripheral vision.
C) hand instruments proficiently, in direction of use, without delay.
D) transfer microwiped instruments and accessories via the first assistant.