Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions (2025-2026) Updated.
Ambulatory - Answer Patient enters setting, has surgical procedure, and is discharged on the
same day.
Same-day admit - Answer Patient enters hospital, undergoes surgery, and remains in hospital
for convalescence.
Inpatient - Answer Patient is admitted to the hospital, undergoes surgery, and remains in
hospital for convalescence.
Major - Answer Involves extensive reconstruction or alteration in body parts; poses great risks
to well-being.
Minor - Answer Involves minimal alteration in body parts; often designed to correct
deformities; involves minimal risks compared with those of major procedures.
Elective - Answer Performed on basis of the patient's choice.
Urgent - Answer Necessary for patient's health.
Emergent - Answer Must be done immediately to save life or preserve function of body part.
Diagnostic - Answer Surgical exploration that allows physician to confirm diagnosis; may
involve removal of tissue for further diagnostic testing.
Ablative - Answer Excision or removal of diseased body part.
Palliative - Answer Surgery for relief or reduction of intensity of disease symptoms; will not
produce cure.
, Preventative - Answer Surgical procedure that prevents any problems or damages from
occurring.
Transplant - Answer Replacement of malfunctioning organs.
Constructive - Answer Restoration of function lost or reduced as a result of congenital
anomalies.
Cosmetic - Answer Alteration of personal appearance.
Contraindications to operations - Answer Allergies, prior conditions, substance use, taking
anticoagulants day of procedure, inability to acquire informed consent, pregnancy.
General Anesthesia - Answer Produces amnesia, analgesia, muscle paralysis, and sedation,
patient in a state of unconsciousness that is reversible, used for major surgery requiring
extensive tissue manipulation.
Regional Anesthesia - Answer Causes loss of sensation in an area of the body and is used for
some surgical procedures and pain management, patient does not lose consciousness but
usually is sedated.
Local Anesthesia - Answer Involves loss of sensation at the desired site, the anesthetic agent
inhibits nerve conduction until the drug is diffused into the circulation.
Informed Consent - Answer Permission to perform a specific test or procedure before any
procedure.
Pre-operative considerations - Answer Age, nutrition, general health; commonly ingested
herbs can affect healing.
Post-operative considerations - Answer Nursing interventions, education, recovery including
monitoring and maintaining airway, breathing, consciousness, circulation, system review.
Post-operative contraindications - Answer Conditions such as pain, deoxygenation,