A New Graduate Nurse Is Working in an Outpatient Surgical

Multiple Choice

A new graduate nurse is working in an outpatient surgical center with the circulating nurse.The nurse is reviewing the patient's chart and orders.The patient has been in pre-op receiving eye drops in her right eye as preparation for cataract removal surgery.The pre-operative orders indicate a marking has been made above the right eyebrow by the pre-operative nurse for surgery.The pre-operative nurse has been instilling the medicated eye drops to dilate the right eye for surgery.Upon further review of surgical consent,the consent was for surgery on the left eye and the history and physical by the surgeon indicate the patient is supposed to have surgery on her left eye.What action by the new nurse is considered appropriate followership?

A) Alert the pre-operative nurse to the chart discrepancy.
B) Ask the charge nurse to double check the chart together.
C) Notify the surgeon to the issue for further orders.
D) Complete a hospital incident report.
E) Do nothing; assume the nurse was correct.