VT102 Surgical Nursing questions and
answers
What suture pattern is most commonly used in large-animal surgery? ✔✔Simple
interrupted
Most of the clinical signs seen in an animal in shock from excessive blood loss are
attributable to ✔✔Redistribution of blood flow
Metzenbaum scissors are used for ✔✔Soft-tissue dissection
Rank the following from the greatest tensile strength to least:
- 6-0 silk, 3-0 Vicryl, 00 gut, 1 chromic gut
- 00 gut, 3-0 Vicryl, 1 chromic gut, 6-0 silk
- 1 chromic gut, 00 gut, 3-0 Vicryl, 6-0 silk ✔✔1 chromic gut, 00 gut, 3-0 Vicryl, 6-0 silk
You are monitoring a cat during surgery and notice the pupils are central and dilated.
The cat is ✔✔Impossible to determine without more information
If the testicles are not palpable, and a cryptorchidectomy is performed, the incision
would most likely be ✔✔Ventral midline
What suture pattern is this? ✔✔Simple interrupted
Which of the following suture materials persists in the body for the longest period?
- Polydioxanone
- Chromic catgut
- Prolene
- Vicryl ✔✔prolene
Instrument counts are important ✔✔To ensure no instrument is left inside a surgical
incision
Hanging preps ✔✔Are often used for orthopedic procedures that involve a limb
What parameter(s) does the pulse oximeter measure? ✔✔Oxygen saturation of
hemoglobin and heart rate
Proptosis of the globe ✔✔Can be caused by overzealous restraint
Which of the following is a needle driver that is also able to cut sutures?
- Brown-Adson
, - Mayo-Hegar
- Hegar-Olsen
- Rochester-Pean ✔✔Hegar-Olsen
What is this suture pattern called? ✔✔Simple continuous
A pack double wrapped in muslin and kept in a closed cabinet is good for how long?
- 1 week
- 6-7 weeks
- 3-4 weeks
- 6 months ✔✔6-7 weeks
What is the name of this surgical instrument? ✔✔Army-Navy
Dystocia is ✔✔a difficult or abnormal birth
Instruments are autoclaved ✔✔with ratchets open
Which of the following does not cause an increase in RR in an anesthetized animal?
- Too light
- Hyperthermia
- Increased blood CO2
- Increased PaO2 ✔✔Increased PaO2
Clear fluid removed from thoracic cavity is known as ✔✔Pleural effusion
All of the following are instructions to give to clients of animals that have Penrose drains
placed except;
- Carefully watch the animal and prevent it from licking or chewing at the drain
- The drain will fall out, and there is no need to return for removal
- An elizabethan collar may be needed
- Clean the skin around the drain with warm water or dilute chlorhexidine ✔✔The drain
will fall out, and there is no need to return for removal
Which of the following suture materials is most likely to cause stitch glaucomas if left in
too long?
- Silk
- Nylon
- Cotton
- Prolene ✔✔Nylon
What type of dressing best helps debride a wound with extensive tissue damage?
✔✔Wet saline dressing
Which of the following is a complication of an indwelling thoracotomy tube?
answers
What suture pattern is most commonly used in large-animal surgery? ✔✔Simple
interrupted
Most of the clinical signs seen in an animal in shock from excessive blood loss are
attributable to ✔✔Redistribution of blood flow
Metzenbaum scissors are used for ✔✔Soft-tissue dissection
Rank the following from the greatest tensile strength to least:
- 6-0 silk, 3-0 Vicryl, 00 gut, 1 chromic gut
- 00 gut, 3-0 Vicryl, 1 chromic gut, 6-0 silk
- 1 chromic gut, 00 gut, 3-0 Vicryl, 6-0 silk ✔✔1 chromic gut, 00 gut, 3-0 Vicryl, 6-0 silk
You are monitoring a cat during surgery and notice the pupils are central and dilated.
The cat is ✔✔Impossible to determine without more information
If the testicles are not palpable, and a cryptorchidectomy is performed, the incision
would most likely be ✔✔Ventral midline
What suture pattern is this? ✔✔Simple interrupted
Which of the following suture materials persists in the body for the longest period?
- Polydioxanone
- Chromic catgut
- Prolene
- Vicryl ✔✔prolene
Instrument counts are important ✔✔To ensure no instrument is left inside a surgical
incision
Hanging preps ✔✔Are often used for orthopedic procedures that involve a limb
What parameter(s) does the pulse oximeter measure? ✔✔Oxygen saturation of
hemoglobin and heart rate
Proptosis of the globe ✔✔Can be caused by overzealous restraint
Which of the following is a needle driver that is also able to cut sutures?
- Brown-Adson
, - Mayo-Hegar
- Hegar-Olsen
- Rochester-Pean ✔✔Hegar-Olsen
What is this suture pattern called? ✔✔Simple continuous
A pack double wrapped in muslin and kept in a closed cabinet is good for how long?
- 1 week
- 6-7 weeks
- 3-4 weeks
- 6 months ✔✔6-7 weeks
What is the name of this surgical instrument? ✔✔Army-Navy
Dystocia is ✔✔a difficult or abnormal birth
Instruments are autoclaved ✔✔with ratchets open
Which of the following does not cause an increase in RR in an anesthetized animal?
- Too light
- Hyperthermia
- Increased blood CO2
- Increased PaO2 ✔✔Increased PaO2
Clear fluid removed from thoracic cavity is known as ✔✔Pleural effusion
All of the following are instructions to give to clients of animals that have Penrose drains
placed except;
- Carefully watch the animal and prevent it from licking or chewing at the drain
- The drain will fall out, and there is no need to return for removal
- An elizabethan collar may be needed
- Clean the skin around the drain with warm water or dilute chlorhexidine ✔✔The drain
will fall out, and there is no need to return for removal
Which of the following suture materials is most likely to cause stitch glaucomas if left in
too long?
- Silk
- Nylon
- Cotton
- Prolene ✔✔Nylon
What type of dressing best helps debride a wound with extensive tissue damage?
✔✔Wet saline dressing
Which of the following is a complication of an indwelling thoracotomy tube?
