9/19/25, 10:35 AM Medical-Surgery Nursing
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What is med-surg nursing tertiary prevention
mainly concerned with?
What is primary prevention? no disease or injury is present
-vaccines
What are examples of primary -healthy diet
prevention? -regular exercise
What is secondary prevention? early detection and treatment before disease becomes
symptomatic, no symptoms
-mammograms
What are examples of -colonoscopy
secondary prevention? -pap smear
-digital rectal exams
Secondary prevention can false, secondary prevention can NEVER be primary prevention
sometimes be primary
prevention. True or false.
What is tertiary prevention? preventing complications of established disease or injury,
symptoms present
What are examples of tertiary surgical tumor resection
prevention?
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, 9/19/25, 10:35 AM Medical-Surgery Nursing
T:
temperature
I: IV fluids
M: mental status
A nurse just receives a patient on
arrival at the med-surg unit after
S: surgical incision
discharge from the post-
site T: tubes &
anesthesia care unit. What should
drains
they assess on the patient? A: airway
B:
breathing
S: skin
C: cardiovascular status
H: hypotension
What are the risks A: airway compromise
associated with general R: respiratory
anesthesia? depression D:
delirium
-nerve block
What are examples of regional -spinal
anesthesia? -epidural
-hypotension
What are risks associated -hematoma
with regional anesthesia? -infection
-spinal headache
What is the most critical respiratory
assessment to perform
after surgery?
-diuresis
-edema
What should you look for
-hyper/hypovolemia
PostOp related to fluids & -hemoglobin/hematocrit
blood loss? -vital signs
What is a measurement how mobile and participatory they are
of how well a patient's
pain is managed
PostOp?
What is the most likely a thrombus that formed in the femoral vein
source of a pulmonary
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Medical-Surgery Nursing Newest version 2025-2026
\Complete Practice Exam Questions and
Accurate Detailed Answers\Graded A+ \Latest
update
What is med-surg nursing tertiary prevention
mainly concerned with?
What is primary prevention? no disease or injury is present
-vaccines
What are examples of primary -healthy diet
prevention? -regular exercise
What is secondary prevention? early detection and treatment before disease becomes
symptomatic, no symptoms
-mammograms
What are examples of -colonoscopy
secondary prevention? -pap smear
-digital rectal exams
Secondary prevention can false, secondary prevention can NEVER be primary prevention
sometimes be primary
prevention. True or false.
What is tertiary prevention? preventing complications of established disease or injury,
symptoms present
What are examples of tertiary surgical tumor resection
prevention?
/ 1/1
3
, 9/19/25, 10:35 AM Medical-Surgery Nursing
T:
temperature
I: IV fluids
M: mental status
A nurse just receives a patient on
arrival at the med-surg unit after
S: surgical incision
discharge from the post-
site T: tubes &
anesthesia care unit. What should
drains
they assess on the patient? A: airway
B:
breathing
S: skin
C: cardiovascular status
H: hypotension
What are the risks A: airway compromise
associated with general R: respiratory
anesthesia? depression D:
delirium
-nerve block
What are examples of regional -spinal
anesthesia? -epidural
-hypotension
What are risks associated -hematoma
with regional anesthesia? -infection
-spinal headache
What is the most critical respiratory
assessment to perform
after surgery?
-diuresis
-edema
What should you look for
-hyper/hypovolemia
PostOp related to fluids & -hemoglobin/hematocrit
blood loss? -vital signs
What is a measurement how mobile and participatory they are
of how well a patient's
pain is managed
PostOp?
What is the most likely a thrombus that formed in the femoral vein
source of a pulmonary
/ 2/1
3
