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NSG 3250/ NSG3250 Exam 1 – Adult Health I Guide| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION ambulatory surgery includes outpatient, same-day, or short-stay surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay QUESTION Geriatric concerns with surgery Answer: Increased comorbidities Cardiac reserves are lower renal and hepatic functions are depressed GI activity is likely reduced QUESTION Geriatric pre op considerations Answer: blood tests, EKG, and monitoring BP can help identify potential risks for cardiac related risks during surgery QUESTION bariatric surgery complications Answer: Increased subQ tissue makes IV access difficult and delays wound healing Joint replacement failure Shallow respirations while laying supine QUESTION emergency surgery Answer: surgery that must be performed immediately to save the person's life or a body organ little time for preparation QUESTION diagnostic surgery Answer: determines or confirms a diagnosis QUESTION Ablative surgery Answer: To remove a diseased body part QUESTION curative surgery Answer: cures; alleviates a problem QUESTION informed consent Answer: an ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate in a surgical procedure QUESTION What distance should the nurse keep between their person and the sterile field? Answer: 1 foot QUESTION If the patient is experiencing pre-hypothermia like symptoms during surgery, what can the nurse do? Answer: Warm the IV fluids to body temp QUESTION Optimal nutrition is an essential factor in Answer: promoting healing and resisting infections and other surgical complications QUESTION Any protein deficiency should be corrected before surgery to Answer: help provide adequate healing QUESTION If a patient reports of history of anorexia nervosa, the nurse should perform a _____________. Answer: Detailed analysis of the clients electrolyte levels. QUESTION If the client is taking immunosuppressants after a transplant, what will the client be susceptible to? Answer: Infection QUESTION Dentures, dental caries, or partial plates are important to let the ologist or CRNA know about because Answer: rotten teeth or prostheses can become dislodged and occlude the airways QUESTION Drug or alcohol use/disuse before and after surgery can cause Answer: complications during surgery and or have complications with drug metabolism QUESTION Heavy cigarette smoking intraoperative and post-op can cause Answer: atelecasis and hypoxia QUESTION How long should a healthy patient stop smoking for before a surgery? Chronic patient? Answer: 2 days 3-4 weeks QUESTION Before administering pre op drugs, what should be completed first Answer: the informed consent form QUESTION Respiratory, cardiovascular, hepatic and renal, endocrine, and immune systems should be assessed throughly especially if Answer: the patient has a chronic condition QUESTION The purpose of being NPO before surgery is to Answer: prevent possible aspirations QUESTION Preoperative skin preparation is to

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NSGl 3250/l NSG3250l Examl 1l –l Adultl
Healthl Il Guide|l Galenl (Latestl 2026/l 2027l
Update)l 100%l Verifiedl Questionsl &l
Answersl |l Gradel A
Q:l ambulatoryl surgeryl
Answer:
includesl outpatient,l same-day,l orl short-stayl surgeryl thatl doesl notl requirel anl overnightl hospitall stay



Q:l Geriatricl concernsl withl surgeryl
Answer:
Increasedl comorbidities
Cardiacl reservesl arel lowerl
renall andl hepaticl functionsl arel depressedl
GIl activityl isl likelyl reduced



Q:l Geriatricl prel opl considerationsl
Answer:
bloodl tests,l EKG,l andl monitoringl BPl canl helpl identifyl potentiall risksl forl cardiacl relatedl risksl duringl
surgery



Q:l bariatricl surgeryl complicationsl
Answer:
Increasedl subQl tissuel makesl IVl accessl difficultl andl delaysl woundl healingl
Jointl replacementl failurel
Shallowl respirationsl whilel layingl supine



Q:l emergencyl surgeryl
Answer:
surgeryl thatl mustl bel performedl immediatelyl tol savel thel person'sl lifel orl al bodyl organ

,littlel timel forl preparation



Q:l diagnosticl surgeryl
Answer:
determinesl orl confirmsl al diagnosis



Q:l Ablativel surgeryl
Answer:
Tol removel al diseasedl bodyl part



Q:l curativel surgeryl
Answer:
cures;l alleviatesl al problem



Q:l informedl consentl
Answer:
anl ethicall principlel thatl researchl participantsl bel toldl enoughl tol enablel theml tol choosel whetherl theyl wishl
tol participatel inl al surgicall procedure



Q:l Whatl distancel shouldl thel nursel keepl betweenl theirl personl andl thel sterilel field?l
Answer:
1l foot



Q:l Ifl thel patientl isl experiencingl pre-hypothermial likel symptomsl duringl surgery,l whatl canl thel nursel do?l
Answer:
Warml thel IVl fluidsl tol bodyl temp



Q:l Optimall nutritionl isl anl essentiall factorl inl
Answer:

,promotingl healingl andl resistingl infectionsl andl otherl surgicall complications



Q:l Anyl proteinl deficiencyl shouldl bel correctedl beforel surgeryl tol
Answer:
helpl providel adequatel healing



Q:l Ifl al patientl reportsl ofl historyl ofl anorexial nervosa,l thel nursel shouldl performl al _____________.l
Answer:
Detailedl analysisl ofl thel clientsl electrolytel levels.



Q:l Ifl thel clientl isl takingl immunosuppressantsl afterl al transplant,l whatl willl thel clientl bel susceptiblel to?l
Answer:
Infection



Q:l Dentures,l dentall caries,l orl partiall platesl arel importantl tol letl thel ologistl orl CRNAl knowl aboutl
becausel

Answer:
rottenl teethl orl prosthesesl canl becomel dislodgedl andl occludel thel airways



Q:l Drugl orl alcoholl use/disusel beforel andl afterl surgeryl canl causel
Answer:
complicationsl duringl surgeryl andl orl havel complicationsl withl drugl metabolism



Q:l Heavyl cigarettel smokingl intraoperativel andl post-opl canl causel
Answer:
atelecasisl andl hypoxia



Q:l Howl longl shouldl al healthyl patientl stopl smokingl forl beforel al surgery?l
Chronicl patient?l

, Answer:
2l daysl
3-4l weeks



Q:l Beforel administeringl prel opl drugs,l whatl shouldl bel completedl firstl
Answer:
thel informedl consentl form



Q:l Respiratory,l cardiovascular,l hepaticl andl renal,l endocrine,l andl immunel systemsl shouldl bel assessedl
throughlyl especiallyl ifl

Answer:
thel patientl hasl al chronicl condition



Q:l Thel purposel ofl beingl NPOl beforel surgeryl isl tol
Answer:
preventl possiblel aspirations



Q:l Preoperativel skinl preparationl isl tol
Answer:
decreasel bacterial withoutl injuringl thel skin



Q:l Al patientl withl anl activel GIl bleedl thatl producesl "coffee-ground"l likel emesisl shouldl anticipatel surgeryl
when?l

Answer:
Withoutl anyl delay



Q:l Whatl teachingl shouldl thel nursel usel whenl goingl overl deepl breathingl post-op?l
Answer:
Thel clientl shouldl takel al deepl breathl inl throughl thel mouthl andl exhalel throughl thel mouth,l takel al shortl
breath,l andl coughl froml deepl inl thel lungs

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