Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam #1 Questions and Answers.

What Are the 2017 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals? Correct Answer - Identify patients correctly - Improve staff communication - Use medicines safely - Use alarms safely - Identify patient safety risks - Prevent Infection - Prevent mistakes in surgery What Are the Purposes of Surgery? Correct Answer - Diagnosis (Yes or No) - Exploration (Find Problem) - Cure (Remove/Fix) - Prevention (Early Stages) - Palliation (Dying, Hospice, Comfort, No Cure) - Cosmetic Improvement (Burns, Mastectomy, Reconstruction) What Are the Three Surgical Phases? Correct Answer 1.) Preoperative (Until the OR) 2.) Intraoperative (Inside OR) 3.) Postoperative (PACU) What is Elective Surgery? Correct Answer A planned surgery Ex: Knee replacement What is An Emergency Surgery? Correct Answer Unplanned Ex: Burst appendix Inpatient vs. Outpatient Correct Answer Inpatient - Same day admission Outpatient (Ambulatory) - Leave hospital when recovered and awake Nursing Management of the Surgical Client Correct Answer - Knowledge of the nature of the disorder - Determine the client's response to the stress of surgery - Assess the results of preoperative diagnostic tests (Look at lab tests) *What does the patient know, why are they here* Preoperative: