NURS 3072 - THE SURGICAL EXPERIENCE UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What are the common purposes of surgery?
Answer:
- Diagnosis - cure or repair - palliation - prevention - cosmetic improvement -
exploration.
Question:
What are the two types of surgery based on urgency?
Answer:
- Emergency surgery (unplanned) - Elective surgery (planned).
Question:
What is ambulatory surgery?
Answer:
- Same-day surgery and procedures usually take less than 2 hours
Question:
What is the focus on all aspects of the operative process?
Answer:
physiological and psychological responses to surgery
Question:
What is the focus on the pre-operative process>
Answer:
- Nursing care - preparation for surgery
Question:
Where does the pre-operative process take place?
Answer:
performed in pre-admission clinic or hospital
Question:
Where does the intra-operative process take place?
Answer:
Begins in the operating room until discharge to post-anesthesia care unit
Question:
What is the focus of the post-operative process?
Answer:
nursing care involved when patients enter the PCU until complete recovery
from the surgery
Question:
Where do post-operative patients go to after surgery?
Answer:
- May be discharged home - May require admission to hospital
, Question:
What is elective surgery?
Answer:
a planned/anticipated surgery
Question:
what are the most common elective surgeries?
Answer:
- hip/knee replacement - Cataracts
Question:
What is emergency surgery?
Answer:
Unplanned/unexpected surgery, often requiring intervention within hours to
stabilize or treat a life-threatening condition
Question:
What are the most common emergency surgeries?
Answer:
- appendicitis - GI bleed - Post-trauma bleeding
Question:
What must nurses ned to know for preoperative surgery and the patient?
Answer:
- nature of disorder necessitating surgery - coexisting disease processes -
identify patient's response to stress of surgery - assess the results of
appropriate preoperative diagnostic tests - consider bodily alterations and
potential risks/complications associated with surgical procedure - impact of
comorbidities
Question:
What is involved in the preoperative
assessment prior to surgery?
Answer:
- protocol for taking routine medication on day of surgery - which medications
or herbal remedies to stop prior to surgery and when to stop them
- NPO instructions - Pain management options - infection prevention and
wound care - postoperative exercises - postoperative discharge and care
Question:
What is involved in the preoperative assessment on the day of the surgery?
Answer:
- confirm and identify changes to physical status - determine psychological
status - establish baseline data - review medications - ensure preoperative lab
and diagnostic tests are completed, documented, and communicated - support
the patient and family - determine informed decision to have surgery -
understand discharge plan
Question:
what are surgical considerations for a pediatric client?
Answer:
developmentally appropriate play
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What are the common purposes of surgery?
Answer:
- Diagnosis - cure or repair - palliation - prevention - cosmetic improvement -
exploration.
Question:
What are the two types of surgery based on urgency?
Answer:
- Emergency surgery (unplanned) - Elective surgery (planned).
Question:
What is ambulatory surgery?
Answer:
- Same-day surgery and procedures usually take less than 2 hours
Question:
What is the focus on all aspects of the operative process?
Answer:
physiological and psychological responses to surgery
Question:
What is the focus on the pre-operative process>
Answer:
- Nursing care - preparation for surgery
Question:
Where does the pre-operative process take place?
Answer:
performed in pre-admission clinic or hospital
Question:
Where does the intra-operative process take place?
Answer:
Begins in the operating room until discharge to post-anesthesia care unit
Question:
What is the focus of the post-operative process?
Answer:
nursing care involved when patients enter the PCU until complete recovery
from the surgery
Question:
Where do post-operative patients go to after surgery?
Answer:
- May be discharged home - May require admission to hospital
, Question:
What is elective surgery?
Answer:
a planned/anticipated surgery
Question:
what are the most common elective surgeries?
Answer:
- hip/knee replacement - Cataracts
Question:
What is emergency surgery?
Answer:
Unplanned/unexpected surgery, often requiring intervention within hours to
stabilize or treat a life-threatening condition
Question:
What are the most common emergency surgeries?
Answer:
- appendicitis - GI bleed - Post-trauma bleeding
Question:
What must nurses ned to know for preoperative surgery and the patient?
Answer:
- nature of disorder necessitating surgery - coexisting disease processes -
identify patient's response to stress of surgery - assess the results of
appropriate preoperative diagnostic tests - consider bodily alterations and
potential risks/complications associated with surgical procedure - impact of
comorbidities
Question:
What is involved in the preoperative
assessment prior to surgery?
Answer:
- protocol for taking routine medication on day of surgery - which medications
or herbal remedies to stop prior to surgery and when to stop them
- NPO instructions - Pain management options - infection prevention and
wound care - postoperative exercises - postoperative discharge and care
Question:
What is involved in the preoperative assessment on the day of the surgery?
Answer:
- confirm and identify changes to physical status - determine psychological
status - establish baseline data - review medications - ensure preoperative lab
and diagnostic tests are completed, documented, and communicated - support
the patient and family - determine informed decision to have surgery -
understand discharge plan
Question:
what are surgical considerations for a pediatric client?
Answer:
developmentally appropriate play
