NUR 3480 exam Study-Questions and Answers
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4 classifications of surgery
Risk factor
Urgency
Purpose
Setting
What are the 2 types of risk for surgeries?
Major
Minor
Major risk surgery
↪️ there is a high degree of risk
↪️ usually an extended area of involvement that causes an inc time in surgery
Minor risk surgery
Usually depends on the underlying health conditions of the patient and the medication they're
taking
-limited to a body area with a short surgery time
-minimal risk
↪️involves less anesthesia or general anesthesia
5 levels of urgency for surgeries
,-emergency
-urgent
-required
-elective
-optional
Emergency surgery
life threatening, needs to be done asap
Urgent surgery
Needs to be done but not asap
May be life threatening if tx is delayed more than 24-48 hours
Required surgery
surgery that must be done
Elective surgery
Surgery done bc the patient wants it
↪️ ex: cosmetic surgery
Planned for the correction of a nonacute problem
Optional surgery
,Surgery you do or skip
↪️ex: the removal of a mole
8 reasons/purpose for surgery
-diagnostic
↪️ taking a sample of tissue, tumor, etc to diagnose a problem that exists
-ablative
↪️ cutting
-constructive
-reconstructive
↪️ reconstructing appearance such as burn patients, breast implants after surgery, etc
-curative
↪️ removing a diseased organ to cure disease
-restorative
↪️ surgery that repairs things like cleft palate
-palliative
↪️ not curative but relieves pain from tumor, organ, etc - or s&s of disease like w brain cancer
, -transplant
Two settings of surgery
Inpatient
Outpatient
Inpatient setting
Surgeries in hospitals where the pt must stay for a minimum of 24 hours to be watched
Ex: laparoscopic surgery
Outpatient setting
Hospital based ambulatory centers
Physicians offices
Free standing surgical centers
* where patient can do surgery and go home the same day *
Preoperative assessment components
-nursing/medical history & PE
-past surgical history &a medical hx
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4 classifications of surgery
Risk factor
Urgency
Purpose
Setting
What are the 2 types of risk for surgeries?
Major
Minor
Major risk surgery
↪️ there is a high degree of risk
↪️ usually an extended area of involvement that causes an inc time in surgery
Minor risk surgery
Usually depends on the underlying health conditions of the patient and the medication they're
taking
-limited to a body area with a short surgery time
-minimal risk
↪️involves less anesthesia or general anesthesia
5 levels of urgency for surgeries
,-emergency
-urgent
-required
-elective
-optional
Emergency surgery
life threatening, needs to be done asap
Urgent surgery
Needs to be done but not asap
May be life threatening if tx is delayed more than 24-48 hours
Required surgery
surgery that must be done
Elective surgery
Surgery done bc the patient wants it
↪️ ex: cosmetic surgery
Planned for the correction of a nonacute problem
Optional surgery
,Surgery you do or skip
↪️ex: the removal of a mole
8 reasons/purpose for surgery
-diagnostic
↪️ taking a sample of tissue, tumor, etc to diagnose a problem that exists
-ablative
↪️ cutting
-constructive
-reconstructive
↪️ reconstructing appearance such as burn patients, breast implants after surgery, etc
-curative
↪️ removing a diseased organ to cure disease
-restorative
↪️ surgery that repairs things like cleft palate
-palliative
↪️ not curative but relieves pain from tumor, organ, etc - or s&s of disease like w brain cancer
, -transplant
Two settings of surgery
Inpatient
Outpatient
Inpatient setting
Surgeries in hospitals where the pt must stay for a minimum of 24 hours to be watched
Ex: laparoscopic surgery
Outpatient setting
Hospital based ambulatory centers
Physicians offices
Free standing surgical centers
* where patient can do surgery and go home the same day *
Preoperative assessment components
-nursing/medical history & PE
-past surgical history &a medical hx
