NSG 4800 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WHEN DOES SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER BEGIN? - correct
answer AGE 50
HOW OFTEN ARE COLONOSCOPIES PREFORMED? - correct answer EVERY
10 YEARS AFTER THE AGE OF 50
RISK FACTORS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER - correct answer -OLDER THAN 50
-FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS
-FAMILY HX (1ST-DEGREE RELATIVE PRESENTS A HIGH RISK)
-PREVIOUS COLORECTAL POLYPS
-HX OF COLORECTAL CANCER
-HX OF IBD (CROHNS, ULCERATIVE COLITIS)
-HX OF OVARIAN, BREAST, ENDOMETRIAL AND STOMACH CANCERS
, NSG 4800
PACU PRIORITIES - correct answer -IDENTIFY PT
-VITALS
-ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL SITES AND DRAINAGE TUBES
-MONITOR RATE AND PATENCY OF IV FLUIDS AND IV ACCESS
-TREAT PAIN, NAUSEA AND OTHER POST-OPERATIVE SYMPTOMS OF
ANESTHESIA AND ADMINISTERED MEDS AS PRESCRIBED
-ASSESS MENTAL STATUS AND BODY TEMP
-MONITOR FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
-MONITOR I&O
-MAINTAIN PATIENTS GOOD BODY ALIGNMENT
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU TURN A PATIENT? - correct answer EVERY 1-2
HOURS
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A SOCIAL WORKER? - correct answer -ADVOCATOR
FOR THE PATIENT
-FIND SUPPORT GROUPS
-DEALING WITH INSURANCE
-HELPING WITH PATIENT TRANSPORTATION
-HELP IN FINDING AFFORDABLE MEDS