Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam #1 |Question and Answer| Graded A+

Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam #1 |Question and Answer| Graded A+ What Are the 2017 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals? *Ans* - 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? *Ans* - 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? *Ans* 1.) Preoperative (Until the OR) 2.) Intraoperative (Inside OR) 3.) Postoperative (PACU) What is Elective Surgery? *Ans* A planned surgery Ex: Knee replacement What is An Emergency Surgery? *Ans* Unplanned Ex: Burst appendix Inpatient vs. Outpatient *Ans* Inpatient - Same day admission Outpatient (Ambulatory) - Leave hospital when recovered and awake Nursing Management of the Surgical Client *Ans* - 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: Client Interview *Ans* 1.) Purpose: Where is the patient at mentally, most anxious, take vitals after a little while, reassurance 2.) Check documented information prior to the interview (Avoids repetition; see how nervous)