ADULT HEALTH 2 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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What is the pre-procedure verification process? Correct Answer
Verification of relevant
documentation
Review results of diagnostic tests
Needed blood products, implants, special equipment available
Procedure site marked by surgeon
What is a surgical safety checklist? Correct Answer
What are some additional surgical safety considerations? Correct
Answer Infection
• Prophylactic antibiotic
Hypothermia
• Warming blanket
,VTE
• SCDs
Provide protection from physical trauma from
positioning/equipment used
Proper communication
SBAR between patient transfers (change of shift, surgeon to
nurse, OR RN to PACU RN)
How do nurses help with anesthesia? Correct Answer Understand
effects of anesthesia
Know location of emergency equipment/drugs
What is general anesthesia? Correct Answer Loss of sensation
with loss of consciousness
Airway management
,What is monitored anesthesia care? Correct Answer Sedative,
anxiolytic, and/or analgesic drugs used
patient typically still aware but very relaxed
Patient may be less responsive and may need airway
management
Allows flexibility to match sedation to patient/procedural needs
Seen in minor therapeutic or diagnostic procedures
• Colonoscopy
• Eye Surgery
What is moderate sedation (formerly known as conscious
sedation)? Correct Answer Patient is responsive and breathes on
their own - can protect our airway
Used for minor therapeutic procedures
Ex: fracture alignment in ED, laughing gas
, What is local anesthesia? Correct Answer Loss of sensation
without loss of consciousness
May be injected or applied topically, ophthalmically, etc
Area of body may be numb but you are still awake (when you get
a mole removed)
works on a smaller area
What is regional anesthesia? Correct Answer Loss of sensation to
a region of the body - no loss of consciousness
Injection blocks a specific nerve or group of nerves
Ex: spinal blocks and epidurals
works on a bigger area
What is a spinal block? Correct Answer Goes in deeper closer to
spinal column
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What is the pre-procedure verification process? Correct Answer
Verification of relevant
documentation
Review results of diagnostic tests
Needed blood products, implants, special equipment available
Procedure site marked by surgeon
What is a surgical safety checklist? Correct Answer
What are some additional surgical safety considerations? Correct
Answer Infection
• Prophylactic antibiotic
Hypothermia
• Warming blanket
,VTE
• SCDs
Provide protection from physical trauma from
positioning/equipment used
Proper communication
SBAR between patient transfers (change of shift, surgeon to
nurse, OR RN to PACU RN)
How do nurses help with anesthesia? Correct Answer Understand
effects of anesthesia
Know location of emergency equipment/drugs
What is general anesthesia? Correct Answer Loss of sensation
with loss of consciousness
Airway management
,What is monitored anesthesia care? Correct Answer Sedative,
anxiolytic, and/or analgesic drugs used
patient typically still aware but very relaxed
Patient may be less responsive and may need airway
management
Allows flexibility to match sedation to patient/procedural needs
Seen in minor therapeutic or diagnostic procedures
• Colonoscopy
• Eye Surgery
What is moderate sedation (formerly known as conscious
sedation)? Correct Answer Patient is responsive and breathes on
their own - can protect our airway
Used for minor therapeutic procedures
Ex: fracture alignment in ED, laughing gas
, What is local anesthesia? Correct Answer Loss of sensation
without loss of consciousness
May be injected or applied topically, ophthalmically, etc
Area of body may be numb but you are still awake (when you get
a mole removed)
works on a smaller area
What is regional anesthesia? Correct Answer Loss of sensation to
a region of the body - no loss of consciousness
Injection blocks a specific nerve or group of nerves
Ex: spinal blocks and epidurals
works on a bigger area
What is a spinal block? Correct Answer Goes in deeper closer to
spinal column
