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NUR 102 PN EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (100% PASS)
Explain the role of the LPN/LVN in obtaining informed patient consent. -
Answer✔️✔️--It may be your role to obtain and witness the patient's or
authorized person's signature on the consent form.
-As the patient's advocate, ensure that the person signing the consent form
understands its meaning.
- Ensure that the patient has no further questions to be directed to the
surgeon and that the consent is being signed voluntarily.
Perioperative Period - Answer✔️✔️--Preoperative: begins with decision to
have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred to operating room or
procedural bed
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-Intraoperative: begins when the patient is transferred to the OR bed until
transfer to the postanesthetic care unit (PACU) or the recovery room.
-Postoperative: lasts from admission to the PACU or other recovery area to
complete recovery from surgery and last follow-up health care provider
visit
Classification of Surgical Procedures - Answer✔️✔️-Urgency Level
-Emergency: Immediate surgery needed to save life or limb without delay.
Ex. Ruptured aortic aneurysm or appendix, traumatic limb amputation,
loss of extremity pulse from emboli
-Urgent: Surgery needed within 24-30 hours. Ex. Fracture repair, infected
gallbladder
- Elective: Planned/scheduled, with no time requirements.
Ex. Joint replacement, hernia repair, skin lesion removal
-Optional: Surgery requested by patient; Cosmetic surgery
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Purposes of Surgery
-Aesthetic: Requested by patient for improvement; breast augmentation
- Diagnostic: To obtain tissue samples, make an incision, or use a scope to
make a diagnosis; Biopsy
- Exploratory: Confirmation or measurement of extent of condition;
Exploratory laparotomy
-Preventive: Removal of tissue before it causes a problem; Mole or polyp
removal to prevent cancer
- Curative: Removal of diseased or abnormal tissue;
Inflamed appendix, tumor, benign cyst, hernia
-Reconstructive: Correction of defects of body parts; Scar repair, total knee
replacement, face lift, mammoplasty
-Palliative: Alleviation of symptoms when disease cannot be cured;
Debulking to relieve pain or pressure, colostomy, insertion of gastrostomy
tube, rhizotomy.
Types of Anesthesia - Answer✔️✔️-
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preop consent - Answer✔️✔️-Patient Gives Legal Permission for Surgery
- Informed consent is surgeons Responsibility
- No Analgesia/Sedation before signing
- Voluntary
- Can withdraw at any time
- Valid for 30 days
What factors influence surgical outcomes and reduce risk ? - Answer✔️✔️--
Age
-Chronic Disease
-Emotional Responses
-Nutrition
ERAS-
-Smoking/Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse
malignant hperthermia - Answer✔️✔️-Rare Hereditary Muscle Disease
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NUR 102 PN EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (100% PASS)
Explain the role of the LPN/LVN in obtaining informed patient consent. -
Answer✔️✔️--It may be your role to obtain and witness the patient's or
authorized person's signature on the consent form.
-As the patient's advocate, ensure that the person signing the consent form
understands its meaning.
- Ensure that the patient has no further questions to be directed to the
surgeon and that the consent is being signed voluntarily.
Perioperative Period - Answer✔️✔️--Preoperative: begins with decision to
have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred to operating room or
procedural bed
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-Intraoperative: begins when the patient is transferred to the OR bed until
transfer to the postanesthetic care unit (PACU) or the recovery room.
-Postoperative: lasts from admission to the PACU or other recovery area to
complete recovery from surgery and last follow-up health care provider
visit
Classification of Surgical Procedures - Answer✔️✔️-Urgency Level
-Emergency: Immediate surgery needed to save life or limb without delay.
Ex. Ruptured aortic aneurysm or appendix, traumatic limb amputation,
loss of extremity pulse from emboli
-Urgent: Surgery needed within 24-30 hours. Ex. Fracture repair, infected
gallbladder
- Elective: Planned/scheduled, with no time requirements.
Ex. Joint replacement, hernia repair, skin lesion removal
-Optional: Surgery requested by patient; Cosmetic surgery
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Purposes of Surgery
-Aesthetic: Requested by patient for improvement; breast augmentation
- Diagnostic: To obtain tissue samples, make an incision, or use a scope to
make a diagnosis; Biopsy
- Exploratory: Confirmation or measurement of extent of condition;
Exploratory laparotomy
-Preventive: Removal of tissue before it causes a problem; Mole or polyp
removal to prevent cancer
- Curative: Removal of diseased or abnormal tissue;
Inflamed appendix, tumor, benign cyst, hernia
-Reconstructive: Correction of defects of body parts; Scar repair, total knee
replacement, face lift, mammoplasty
-Palliative: Alleviation of symptoms when disease cannot be cured;
Debulking to relieve pain or pressure, colostomy, insertion of gastrostomy
tube, rhizotomy.
Types of Anesthesia - Answer✔️✔️-
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preop consent - Answer✔️✔️-Patient Gives Legal Permission for Surgery
- Informed consent is surgeons Responsibility
- No Analgesia/Sedation before signing
- Voluntary
- Can withdraw at any time
- Valid for 30 days
What factors influence surgical outcomes and reduce risk ? - Answer✔️✔️--
Age
-Chronic Disease
-Emotional Responses
-Nutrition
ERAS-
-Smoking/Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse
malignant hperthermia - Answer✔️✔️-Rare Hereditary Muscle Disease
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