NUR 242 ch 14 2026 Expert
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Preoparative care begins & ends when? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Begins when the
patient is scheduled for surgery and ends at the time of transfer to the
surgical site
peroperative period the nurse functions as what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
nurse functions as educator, advocate, promoter of health & safety
What are some reasons for surgery? Diagnostic - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Diagnostic- determines origin & cause of disorder. MRI, laparoscopic
procedure, biopsy's
,Reasons for surgery: curative - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Revolves health problem by
repairing or removing cause. This where you actually will fix something on
the patient.
Remember this as the ectomys
Hysterectomy, appendectomy,
You're removing the disease prt of the body & removing the problem out of
the patient
Reasons for surgery restorative - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Restorative- improves the
patients functional ability.
Ex) knee replacement, elbow replacement, hip replacement
Reasons for surgery: Palliative - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Relief of symptoms or
enhancement of function without cure.
-Resection of a tumor to relieve pressure and pain.
, Maybe a patient has a brain tumor & if you remove everything in the brain
of the patient you might put that patient in a vegetative state. So they will
remove part of the tumor & it will decrease the pressure on the brain &
alleviate symptoms the patient is having
Reasons for surgery: Cosmetic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Alters & enhances
personal appearance
Boob jobs, botox
Urgency of surgery's: Elective - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cosmetic, cataracts
surgery, hernia repair
Urgency of surgery. Urgent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔URGENT- needs to be done
within 24-48 hours. These are the surgery's that are causing obstructions
Ex) kidneystones, appendicitis, bladder obstruction, bone fractures, eye
injury,
Urgency of surgery. Emergent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔These need to be done
immediately
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Verified | Ace the Test
Preoparative care begins & ends when? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Begins when the
patient is scheduled for surgery and ends at the time of transfer to the
surgical site
peroperative period the nurse functions as what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
nurse functions as educator, advocate, promoter of health & safety
What are some reasons for surgery? Diagnostic - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Diagnostic- determines origin & cause of disorder. MRI, laparoscopic
procedure, biopsy's
,Reasons for surgery: curative - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Revolves health problem by
repairing or removing cause. This where you actually will fix something on
the patient.
Remember this as the ectomys
Hysterectomy, appendectomy,
You're removing the disease prt of the body & removing the problem out of
the patient
Reasons for surgery restorative - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Restorative- improves the
patients functional ability.
Ex) knee replacement, elbow replacement, hip replacement
Reasons for surgery: Palliative - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Relief of symptoms or
enhancement of function without cure.
-Resection of a tumor to relieve pressure and pain.
, Maybe a patient has a brain tumor & if you remove everything in the brain
of the patient you might put that patient in a vegetative state. So they will
remove part of the tumor & it will decrease the pressure on the brain &
alleviate symptoms the patient is having
Reasons for surgery: Cosmetic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Alters & enhances
personal appearance
Boob jobs, botox
Urgency of surgery's: Elective - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cosmetic, cataracts
surgery, hernia repair
Urgency of surgery. Urgent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔URGENT- needs to be done
within 24-48 hours. These are the surgery's that are causing obstructions
Ex) kidneystones, appendicitis, bladder obstruction, bone fractures, eye
injury,
Urgency of surgery. Emergent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔These need to be done
immediately
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
