NR 226 (CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT)
LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH MOST RECENT
UPGRADED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Pre-op, Intra-op, Post-op - answer ✔✔-3 Phases of Preoperative Period
Begins with decision to have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred to operating room - answer ✔✔-
Pre-Operative
Extends from admission to surgical department to transfer to recovery room - answer ✔✔-
Intraoperative
Lasts from admission to recovery room to a follow-up evaluation in the clinical setting or home - answer
✔✔-Post-Operative
- Urgency
- Elective, urgent or emergency
- Risk
- Major
- Minor
- Purpose
- Diagnostic, ablative, palliative, reconstructive,
transplantation, constructive - answer ✔✔-Classification of Surgical Procedures
- General
Administration of drugs by inhalation, intravenous,
rectal, or oral route
- Regional
Anesthetic agent injected near a nerve or nerve
, pathway or around operative site. No sedation.
- Topical anesthesia
Used on mucous membranes, open skin, wounds,
burns
- Local anesthesia
- Conscious sedation
Used for short-term procedures - answer ✔✔-Types of Anesthesia & Define
- Induction
from administration of anesthesia to ready for incision
- Maintenance
from incision to near completion of procedure
- Emergence
starts when patient emerges from anesthesia and is
ready to leave operating room - answer ✔✔-3 Phases of General Anesthesia & Define
- Description of procedure and alternative therapies
- Underlying disease process and its natural course
- Name and qualifications of person performing
procedure
- Explanation of risks and how often they occur
- Explanation that patient has the right to refuse
treatment or withdraw consent - answer ✔✔-Informed Consent Information
- Voluntary Agreement
- Legal document with ethical
imperatives
- Person performing surgery obtains
consent (usually MD)
LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH MOST RECENT
UPGRADED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Pre-op, Intra-op, Post-op - answer ✔✔-3 Phases of Preoperative Period
Begins with decision to have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred to operating room - answer ✔✔-
Pre-Operative
Extends from admission to surgical department to transfer to recovery room - answer ✔✔-
Intraoperative
Lasts from admission to recovery room to a follow-up evaluation in the clinical setting or home - answer
✔✔-Post-Operative
- Urgency
- Elective, urgent or emergency
- Risk
- Major
- Minor
- Purpose
- Diagnostic, ablative, palliative, reconstructive,
transplantation, constructive - answer ✔✔-Classification of Surgical Procedures
- General
Administration of drugs by inhalation, intravenous,
rectal, or oral route
- Regional
Anesthetic agent injected near a nerve or nerve
, pathway or around operative site. No sedation.
- Topical anesthesia
Used on mucous membranes, open skin, wounds,
burns
- Local anesthesia
- Conscious sedation
Used for short-term procedures - answer ✔✔-Types of Anesthesia & Define
- Induction
from administration of anesthesia to ready for incision
- Maintenance
from incision to near completion of procedure
- Emergence
starts when patient emerges from anesthesia and is
ready to leave operating room - answer ✔✔-3 Phases of General Anesthesia & Define
- Description of procedure and alternative therapies
- Underlying disease process and its natural course
- Name and qualifications of person performing
procedure
- Explanation of risks and how often they occur
- Explanation that patient has the right to refuse
treatment or withdraw consent - answer ✔✔-Informed Consent Information
- Voluntary Agreement
- Legal document with ethical
imperatives
- Person performing surgery obtains
consent (usually MD)
