NCLEX RN Questions & Answers with Rationale

A client in labor is being prepared for a cesarean birth. The most important nursing intervention before the anesthesia is administered would be to:

1. Prepare the abdomen

2. Obtain an informed consent

3. Initiate an intravenous infusion

4. Insert an indwelling urinary catheter

Answer & Rationale

2. is the Answer - Obtaining informed consent is the priority before anesthesia is administered

All the other options can be done later or it is not the priority.