CONCEPTS OF PRACTICAL NURSING II EXAM 1 FINAL PAPER VERIFIED QUESTIONS
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Question:
Describe the availability of pain medication.
Answer:
What is the best nursing intervention to help a patient cope with fear of pain associated with
surgery?
Question:
It helps promote lung expansion and prevent pulmonary complications.
Answer:
a patient tells the nurse that blowing into this tube thing is a waste of time which statement by the
nurse explains the purpose of the incentive spirometer?
Question:
Remove the patient's makeup and nail polish and teach the patient post-operative breathing and
coughing exercises.
Answer:
When preparing a patient for surgery which interventions are appropriate during the preoperative
period?
Question:
The patient must be near the level of preoperative functioning before dismissal.
Answer:
Which statement is accurate regarding a patient who receives general or Regional anesthesia in an
Ambulatory Surgery Center?
,Question:
Abdominal distension.
Answer:
After abdominal surgery a patient is suspected of having internal bleeding which finding is most
indicative of this complication?
Question:
Fatty tissue has poor but Supply and the risk for dehiscence is increased.
Answer:
An obese patient is at risk for poor wound healing post-operatively for what reasons?
Question:
These medications May create a greater risk for complications or interact with anesthetic agents.
Answer:
A patient asks the nurse why the nurse asked for name and dosage of all prescriptions and
over-the-counter medications taken before surgery which response by the nurse is most accurate?
Question:
Pneumonia.
Answer:
The nurse is correct when identifying a patient who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per day as being at
most risk for which postoperative complication?
Question:
Cover the protruding internal organs with sterile gauze moistened with normal saline.
Answer:
,A post-operative abdominal surgery patient complains that he felt something give way in his
incision on assessing the room the nurse notes a large amount of Serosanguineous drainage and that
wound edges are not approximated intestines are protruding from the wound What nursing action is
appropriate?
Question:
Adequacy of Airway and breathing.
Answer:
An admission of a patient to the PCAU from surgery what should the nurse place the highest priority
on for assessing?
Question:
Note the amount of drainage and continue to monitor.
Answer:
The nurse is admitting a patient into the room on the surgical unit after abdominal surgery there is a
1.5 centimeter diameter spot of serosangous drainage on the dressing what should the nurse do at
this time?
Question:
Gravity is used to drain fluid from the area around the world with the Penrose drain.
Answer:
The patient has just returned from the post-anesthesia care PAC unit during report the nurses told
that the patient has a Penrose drain in the left lower quadrant the patient ask why the drain is being
used what response by the nurse is most accurate?
Question:
Apply warm moist Arrow dressing.
Answer:
Which nursing intervention is most appropriate should the patient's abdominal wound eviscerate?
, Question:
To remove debris from the wound.
Answer:
The healthcare provider has ordered the patient's willing to be irrigated what is the primary rationale
for this procedure?
Question:
Purulent drainage is coming from the wound area.
Answer:
What is the best indicator that a woman has become infected?
Question:
Incision edges approximated without erythema or exudate;two 4x4's applied.
Answer:
Which nursing entry is the most complete in its description of a wound?
Question:
The patient must have adequate ventilatory capacity.
Answer:
Which statement is correct in regard to the use of an abdominal binder?
Question:
Select gauze packing material.
Answer:
What is the first step when packing a wound?
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Question:
Describe the availability of pain medication.
Answer:
What is the best nursing intervention to help a patient cope with fear of pain associated with
surgery?
Question:
It helps promote lung expansion and prevent pulmonary complications.
Answer:
a patient tells the nurse that blowing into this tube thing is a waste of time which statement by the
nurse explains the purpose of the incentive spirometer?
Question:
Remove the patient's makeup and nail polish and teach the patient post-operative breathing and
coughing exercises.
Answer:
When preparing a patient for surgery which interventions are appropriate during the preoperative
period?
Question:
The patient must be near the level of preoperative functioning before dismissal.
Answer:
Which statement is accurate regarding a patient who receives general or Regional anesthesia in an
Ambulatory Surgery Center?
,Question:
Abdominal distension.
Answer:
After abdominal surgery a patient is suspected of having internal bleeding which finding is most
indicative of this complication?
Question:
Fatty tissue has poor but Supply and the risk for dehiscence is increased.
Answer:
An obese patient is at risk for poor wound healing post-operatively for what reasons?
Question:
These medications May create a greater risk for complications or interact with anesthetic agents.
Answer:
A patient asks the nurse why the nurse asked for name and dosage of all prescriptions and
over-the-counter medications taken before surgery which response by the nurse is most accurate?
Question:
Pneumonia.
Answer:
The nurse is correct when identifying a patient who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per day as being at
most risk for which postoperative complication?
Question:
Cover the protruding internal organs with sterile gauze moistened with normal saline.
Answer:
,A post-operative abdominal surgery patient complains that he felt something give way in his
incision on assessing the room the nurse notes a large amount of Serosanguineous drainage and that
wound edges are not approximated intestines are protruding from the wound What nursing action is
appropriate?
Question:
Adequacy of Airway and breathing.
Answer:
An admission of a patient to the PCAU from surgery what should the nurse place the highest priority
on for assessing?
Question:
Note the amount of drainage and continue to monitor.
Answer:
The nurse is admitting a patient into the room on the surgical unit after abdominal surgery there is a
1.5 centimeter diameter spot of serosangous drainage on the dressing what should the nurse do at
this time?
Question:
Gravity is used to drain fluid from the area around the world with the Penrose drain.
Answer:
The patient has just returned from the post-anesthesia care PAC unit during report the nurses told
that the patient has a Penrose drain in the left lower quadrant the patient ask why the drain is being
used what response by the nurse is most accurate?
Question:
Apply warm moist Arrow dressing.
Answer:
Which nursing intervention is most appropriate should the patient's abdominal wound eviscerate?
, Question:
To remove debris from the wound.
Answer:
The healthcare provider has ordered the patient's willing to be irrigated what is the primary rationale
for this procedure?
Question:
Purulent drainage is coming from the wound area.
Answer:
What is the best indicator that a woman has become infected?
Question:
Incision edges approximated without erythema or exudate;two 4x4's applied.
Answer:
Which nursing entry is the most complete in its description of a wound?
Question:
The patient must have adequate ventilatory capacity.
Answer:
Which statement is correct in regard to the use of an abdominal binder?
Question:
Select gauze packing material.
Answer:
What is the first step when packing a wound?
