NUR 172 Prep questions with verified answers
Can the nurse witness the inform consent? Ans✓✓✓ Yes, they can witness if the
pt is who they state they are and if they have been informed on the the benefits,
alternatives, and consequences
ectomy Ans✓✓✓ excision, removal (appendectomy)
Is preoperative nursing fast paced? Ans✓✓✓ yes and frequently changes based
on emerging technology and research
local vs regional anesthesia Ans✓✓✓ Local: loss of sensation w/o LOC
- ex: used in dental offices
Regional: loss of sensation to a body region w/o LOC
- ex: epidural, used to numb part of the body
lysis Ans✓✓✓ destruction (electrolysis)
orrhaphy Ans✓✓✓ suturing or repair (herniorrhaphy)
oscopy Ans✓✓✓ looking into (endoscopy)
ostomy Ans✓✓✓ create an opening (colostomy)
otomy Ans✓✓✓ cutting into (tracheotomy)
, plasty Ans✓✓✓ repair or reconstruction of (mammoplasty)
What are factors that increase surgical risk? Ans✓✓✓ - hypovolemia
- dehydration
- F & E immbalance
- nutritional deficits
- extremes in age
- extremes in wight
- infection/toxic
- hepatic and/or renal dysfunction
- impaired immune
- respiratory. disease
- cardiovascular disease'- pregnancy
- diabetes
- endocrine disorders
What are requirements in order to have a procedure at a free standing clinic?
Ans✓✓✓ - less than 2 hours
- requires less than 3-4 hr stay in PACU
- pts must be a low surgical risk
What are some common diagnostic tests done in preop? Ans✓✓✓ - CBC: H&H,
RBC, WBC & platelets
- lytes: Na, K, Cl, CO2
- UA: determines for a potential bacterial infection
Can the nurse witness the inform consent? Ans✓✓✓ Yes, they can witness if the
pt is who they state they are and if they have been informed on the the benefits,
alternatives, and consequences
ectomy Ans✓✓✓ excision, removal (appendectomy)
Is preoperative nursing fast paced? Ans✓✓✓ yes and frequently changes based
on emerging technology and research
local vs regional anesthesia Ans✓✓✓ Local: loss of sensation w/o LOC
- ex: used in dental offices
Regional: loss of sensation to a body region w/o LOC
- ex: epidural, used to numb part of the body
lysis Ans✓✓✓ destruction (electrolysis)
orrhaphy Ans✓✓✓ suturing or repair (herniorrhaphy)
oscopy Ans✓✓✓ looking into (endoscopy)
ostomy Ans✓✓✓ create an opening (colostomy)
otomy Ans✓✓✓ cutting into (tracheotomy)
, plasty Ans✓✓✓ repair or reconstruction of (mammoplasty)
What are factors that increase surgical risk? Ans✓✓✓ - hypovolemia
- dehydration
- F & E immbalance
- nutritional deficits
- extremes in age
- extremes in wight
- infection/toxic
- hepatic and/or renal dysfunction
- impaired immune
- respiratory. disease
- cardiovascular disease'- pregnancy
- diabetes
- endocrine disorders
What are requirements in order to have a procedure at a free standing clinic?
Ans✓✓✓ - less than 2 hours
- requires less than 3-4 hr stay in PACU
- pts must be a low surgical risk
What are some common diagnostic tests done in preop? Ans✓✓✓ - CBC: H&H,
RBC, WBC & platelets
- lytes: Na, K, Cl, CO2
- UA: determines for a potential bacterial infection
