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NUR 125 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
What is a Curative surgery, and why is it performed?
Ans: is performed to remove diseased tissue or to correct defects. The
removal of an inflamed appendix (an appendectomy) is curative for
appendicitis.
Neurological Assessment for Preoperative Patient Includes what:
Ans: Neurologic assessment includes level of consciousness,
orientation, sensory and motor status, and size, equality, and reactivity
of the pupils.
What is a circulating nurses role in the surgical environment?
Ans: Coordinating care and overseeing the environment
What is a side effect of antineoplastic drugs?
Ans: Bone marrow suppression
Why do we take malignant hyperthermia in the patients surgical
history into account when assessing them preoperatively?
Ans: It is known to be related to an inherited susceptibility.
The patient who had surgery 24 hours ago experiences a sudden
shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, and anxiety. What does the
nurse suspect that the patient is experiencing?
Ans: pulmonary embolus.
What are the signs that a patient is experiencing pain, when they
do not verbalize it?
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Ans: Increased BP
Increased HR
Shallow Breathing
If you have an older adult who is inactive what is the most
important information to keep in mind reguarding surgery
postoperatively?
Ans: The risk of thrombus formation is increased.
What is a malignant growth in the lungs called?
Ans: A carcinoma
Cancer that originates in mesenchymal tissues, such as bone,
muscle, and other connective tissues is:
Ans: A sarcoma
Cancer that originates in blood-forming tissues is called?
Ans: Leukemia
Cancer that originates in the skin?
Ans: Melanoma
What is diagnostic surgery?
Ans: Surgery that helps to figure out the problem.
Why is palliative surgery performed?
Ans: To relieve symptoms, and restore quaility of life.
Restorative surgery is used to?
Ans: Restore function
Why is curative surgery performed?
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NUR 125 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
What is a Curative surgery, and why is it performed?
Ans: is performed to remove diseased tissue or to correct defects. The
removal of an inflamed appendix (an appendectomy) is curative for
appendicitis.
Neurological Assessment for Preoperative Patient Includes what:
Ans: Neurologic assessment includes level of consciousness,
orientation, sensory and motor status, and size, equality, and reactivity
of the pupils.
What is a circulating nurses role in the surgical environment?
Ans: Coordinating care and overseeing the environment
What is a side effect of antineoplastic drugs?
Ans: Bone marrow suppression
Why do we take malignant hyperthermia in the patients surgical
history into account when assessing them preoperatively?
Ans: It is known to be related to an inherited susceptibility.
The patient who had surgery 24 hours ago experiences a sudden
shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, and anxiety. What does the
nurse suspect that the patient is experiencing?
Ans: pulmonary embolus.
What are the signs that a patient is experiencing pain, when they
do not verbalize it?
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Ans: Increased BP
Increased HR
Shallow Breathing
If you have an older adult who is inactive what is the most
important information to keep in mind reguarding surgery
postoperatively?
Ans: The risk of thrombus formation is increased.
What is a malignant growth in the lungs called?
Ans: A carcinoma
Cancer that originates in mesenchymal tissues, such as bone,
muscle, and other connective tissues is:
Ans: A sarcoma
Cancer that originates in blood-forming tissues is called?
Ans: Leukemia
Cancer that originates in the skin?
Ans: Melanoma
What is diagnostic surgery?
Ans: Surgery that helps to figure out the problem.
Why is palliative surgery performed?
Ans: To relieve symptoms, and restore quaility of life.
Restorative surgery is used to?
Ans: Restore function
Why is curative surgery performed?
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