Med-Surge: Perioperative Nursing Exam Questions and Answers With Verified
Solutions 2025
Surgery - ✔✔What is treatment thru operation and instrumentation?
Diagnose problems, explore, cure, transplant, palliative care, reconstruct, preventive, & cosmetic -
✔✔What are the 8 purposes of surgery?
-ectomy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to remove?
-lysis - ✔✔What type of surgery means the destruction of?
-orrhophy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to replace or suture?
-oscopy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to look into?
-ostomy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to create an opening?
-otomy - ✔✔What type of surgery means cutting into or making an incision?
-plasty - ✔✔What type of surgery means to repair or reconstruct?
Laporoscopy - ✔✔What is a minimally invasive surgery?
DaVinci - ✔✔What type of surgery is robotically assisted surgery?
Elective surgery - ✔✔What is a scheduled or planned surgery?
,Emergent - ✔✔What is an unplanned or emergency surgery?
Outpatient - ✔✔What type of care is when the pt stays less than 24hrs after a procedure?
Inpatient - ✔✔What type of care is when the pt stays longer than 24hrs after the procedure?
Pre-op, Intra-op, & Post-op - ✔✔What are the phases of surgery?
VS, coagulation, fluid/electrolyte levels, & Infection - ✔✔What needs to be known by the doctor pre-op?
Cardiac & Endocrine systems - ✔✔What systems especially needs to be known about a pts medical
history?
Anesthesia reactions - ✔✔What needs to be known about a pts surgical history?
Pt fears & pt knowing the reason for surgery - ✔✔What needs to be addressed on a pts psychosocial
assessment before surgery?
Do not make promises you cannot keep - ✔✔What should never be done pre-op to a pt?
Anticoagulants, antiplatelets, antihypertensives, opioids, & supplements - ✔✔What medications and
substances are needed to be known prior to surgery?
Beta blockers - ✔✔What antihypertensive is especially needed to be known pre-op?
Drug interactions & true allergies - ✔✔What reactions are needed to be known pre-op?
What happens when you take this? - ✔✔What should you always ask to a pt who says they are allergic
to a drug?
, Sulfa - ✔✔What kind of drugs should specifically be looked to see if the pt is allergic before a pt has
surgery?
Anesthesia drugs - ✔✔What does a sulfa allergy affect what types of drug the pt can receive for a
surgery?
Latex - ✔✔What common allergen in the OR should be looked at to see if the pt is allergic?
Longterm exposure to latex, hay fever, pt with asthma, & egg, avocado, bananas, chestnuts, & peach
allergy - ✔✔What are red flags that may indicate a pt may be allergic to latex?
Hayfever - ✔✔What is another name for seasonal allergies?
Hx of cardio issues, 12 lead ECG & coagulation labs, & VTE risk - ✔✔What should be assessed during a
cardiovascular review of systems before a surgery?
Respiratory conditions, tobacco use, ABGs & PFTs - ✔✔What should be assessed during a respiratory
review of systems before a surgery?
Upper respiratory infection - ✔✔What respiratory issue can delay a surgery?
Tobacco use - ✔✔What can increase the risk of cardio and respiratory issues during surgery?
Arterial blood gases - ✔✔What is an ABG?
Pulmonary function test - ✔✔What is a PFT?
Emergence delirium - ✔✔What neurological issue is the temporary extreme confusion after anesthesia
wears off that has increased risks in geriatrics, pts with dementia, and altered cognitive level pts?
Solutions 2025
Surgery - ✔✔What is treatment thru operation and instrumentation?
Diagnose problems, explore, cure, transplant, palliative care, reconstruct, preventive, & cosmetic -
✔✔What are the 8 purposes of surgery?
-ectomy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to remove?
-lysis - ✔✔What type of surgery means the destruction of?
-orrhophy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to replace or suture?
-oscopy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to look into?
-ostomy - ✔✔What type of surgery means to create an opening?
-otomy - ✔✔What type of surgery means cutting into or making an incision?
-plasty - ✔✔What type of surgery means to repair or reconstruct?
Laporoscopy - ✔✔What is a minimally invasive surgery?
DaVinci - ✔✔What type of surgery is robotically assisted surgery?
Elective surgery - ✔✔What is a scheduled or planned surgery?
,Emergent - ✔✔What is an unplanned or emergency surgery?
Outpatient - ✔✔What type of care is when the pt stays less than 24hrs after a procedure?
Inpatient - ✔✔What type of care is when the pt stays longer than 24hrs after the procedure?
Pre-op, Intra-op, & Post-op - ✔✔What are the phases of surgery?
VS, coagulation, fluid/electrolyte levels, & Infection - ✔✔What needs to be known by the doctor pre-op?
Cardiac & Endocrine systems - ✔✔What systems especially needs to be known about a pts medical
history?
Anesthesia reactions - ✔✔What needs to be known about a pts surgical history?
Pt fears & pt knowing the reason for surgery - ✔✔What needs to be addressed on a pts psychosocial
assessment before surgery?
Do not make promises you cannot keep - ✔✔What should never be done pre-op to a pt?
Anticoagulants, antiplatelets, antihypertensives, opioids, & supplements - ✔✔What medications and
substances are needed to be known prior to surgery?
Beta blockers - ✔✔What antihypertensive is especially needed to be known pre-op?
Drug interactions & true allergies - ✔✔What reactions are needed to be known pre-op?
What happens when you take this? - ✔✔What should you always ask to a pt who says they are allergic
to a drug?
, Sulfa - ✔✔What kind of drugs should specifically be looked to see if the pt is allergic before a pt has
surgery?
Anesthesia drugs - ✔✔What does a sulfa allergy affect what types of drug the pt can receive for a
surgery?
Latex - ✔✔What common allergen in the OR should be looked at to see if the pt is allergic?
Longterm exposure to latex, hay fever, pt with asthma, & egg, avocado, bananas, chestnuts, & peach
allergy - ✔✔What are red flags that may indicate a pt may be allergic to latex?
Hayfever - ✔✔What is another name for seasonal allergies?
Hx of cardio issues, 12 lead ECG & coagulation labs, & VTE risk - ✔✔What should be assessed during a
cardiovascular review of systems before a surgery?
Respiratory conditions, tobacco use, ABGs & PFTs - ✔✔What should be assessed during a respiratory
review of systems before a surgery?
Upper respiratory infection - ✔✔What respiratory issue can delay a surgery?
Tobacco use - ✔✔What can increase the risk of cardio and respiratory issues during surgery?
Arterial blood gases - ✔✔What is an ABG?
Pulmonary function test - ✔✔What is a PFT?
Emergence delirium - ✔✔What neurological issue is the temporary extreme confusion after anesthesia
wears off that has increased risks in geriatrics, pts with dementia, and altered cognitive level pts?
