Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam #1 (A+ Graded already)

What Are the 2017 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals? correct answers - Identify patients correctly - Improve staff communication - Use medicines safely - Use alarms safely - Identify patient safety risks - Prevent Infection - Prevent mistakes in surgery What Are the Purposes of Surgery? correct answers - Diagnosis (Yes or No) - Exploration (Find Problem) - Cure (Remove/Fix) - Prevention (Early Stages) - Palliation (Dying, Hospice, Comfort, No Cure) - Cosmetic Improvement (Burns, Mastectomy, Reconstruction) What Are the Three Surgical Phases? correct answers 1.) Preoperative (Until the OR) 2.) Intraoperative (Inside OR) 3.) Postoperative (PACU) What is Elective Surgery? correct answers A planned surgery Ex: Knee replacement What is An Emergency Surgery? correct answers Unplanned Ex: Burst appendix Inpatient vs. Outpatient correct answers Inpatient - Same day admission Outpatient (Ambulatory) - Leave hospital when recovered and awake Nursing Management of the Surgical Client correct answers - Knowledge of the nature of the disorder - Determine the client's response to the stress of surgery - Assess the results of preoperative diagnostic tests (Look at lab tests) *What does the patient know, why are they here* Preoperative: Client Interview correct answers 1.) Purpose: Where is the patient at mentally, most anxious, take vitals after a little while, reassurance 2.) Check documented information prior to the interview (Avoids repetition; see how nervous) 3.) Occurs in advance or on day of surgery