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HONDROS NUR 160 EXAM 1 2026
|Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
Urinary Considerations for surgery - correct-answer -1. Encourage fluid intake
2. Voiding when needed
3. Complications from urinary retention
Pain Control for surgery - correct-answer -1. Safe and effective relief
2. Staying ahead of pain
3. Being careful while medicated
Tubes for Surgery - correct-answer -1. Info about NG tube, IV, O2 and wound
drainage
2. What are these for?
3. Limitations with these
Preoperative Med Concerns - correct-answer -1. What to take morning of
2. What to hold and for how long
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3. Why
Wrong site, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong Person Surgery Protocol - correct-
answer -Ask pt who they re, DOB, what are they having done. Check this against
orders and ID bracelet. Do this again in OR.
Pre-operative checklist - correct-answer -Ensures all required care has been
performed and that the patient is properly prepared for surgery
Respiratory Prep for surgery - correct-answer -
NARCOTICS - correct-answer -BIND TO OPIOID RECEPTORS IN THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
BLACK BOX WARNING - correct-answer -FDA ISSUED WARNING AS SEVERE LIFE
THREATENING EFFET
SHCEDUALING OF DRUGS - correct-answer -DEFINED AS THE STRENGTH OF
DRUGS
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I => HIGHEST
II =>MOST COMMON
NON SHCEDUALED => OVER THE
COUNTER
MAX DOSE OF ACETAMINOPHEN - correct-answer -4G OR 4000MG
* DAMAGE TO LIVER
ALL CONTAIN ACETAMINOPHEN - correct-answer -ACETAMINOPHEN
PERCOCET
NARCO
VICODIN
MORPHINE - correct-answer --OPIOID NARCOTIC
-SHCEDUAL II
-DOES NOT CONTAIN ACETAMINOPHEN
-SIDE EFFECTS
*DECREASES MENTAL ALERTNESS
*EUPHORIA
*DYSPOHRIA
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**** RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION*****
*NAUSEA
*VOMITING
*BRONCHOCONSTRICTION
*DECREASED URINATION
*BRADYCARDIA
WHAT TO DO IF PATIENT THINKS MEDS ARE WRONG - correct-answer -CHECK
AGIAN
WHAT TO DO IF PATIENT VOMITS 5 MIN AFTER MEDS - correct-answer -CALL DOC
WHY NPO - correct-answer -TO REDUCE APSERATION
INCENTIVE SPIROMETER - correct-answer -10 X PER HOUR POST OP
HOW LONG DOES AN R.N. HAVE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AFTER PATIENT IS
ADMITTED - correct-answer -24 HOURS
HONDROS NUR 160 EXAM 1 2026
|Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
Urinary Considerations for surgery - correct-answer -1. Encourage fluid intake
2. Voiding when needed
3. Complications from urinary retention
Pain Control for surgery - correct-answer -1. Safe and effective relief
2. Staying ahead of pain
3. Being careful while medicated
Tubes for Surgery - correct-answer -1. Info about NG tube, IV, O2 and wound
drainage
2. What are these for?
3. Limitations with these
Preoperative Med Concerns - correct-answer -1. What to take morning of
2. What to hold and for how long
,2|Page
3. Why
Wrong site, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong Person Surgery Protocol - correct-
answer -Ask pt who they re, DOB, what are they having done. Check this against
orders and ID bracelet. Do this again in OR.
Pre-operative checklist - correct-answer -Ensures all required care has been
performed and that the patient is properly prepared for surgery
Respiratory Prep for surgery - correct-answer -
NARCOTICS - correct-answer -BIND TO OPIOID RECEPTORS IN THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
BLACK BOX WARNING - correct-answer -FDA ISSUED WARNING AS SEVERE LIFE
THREATENING EFFET
SHCEDUALING OF DRUGS - correct-answer -DEFINED AS THE STRENGTH OF
DRUGS
,3|Page
I => HIGHEST
II =>MOST COMMON
NON SHCEDUALED => OVER THE
COUNTER
MAX DOSE OF ACETAMINOPHEN - correct-answer -4G OR 4000MG
* DAMAGE TO LIVER
ALL CONTAIN ACETAMINOPHEN - correct-answer -ACETAMINOPHEN
PERCOCET
NARCO
VICODIN
MORPHINE - correct-answer --OPIOID NARCOTIC
-SHCEDUAL II
-DOES NOT CONTAIN ACETAMINOPHEN
-SIDE EFFECTS
*DECREASES MENTAL ALERTNESS
*EUPHORIA
*DYSPOHRIA
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**** RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION*****
*NAUSEA
*VOMITING
*BRONCHOCONSTRICTION
*DECREASED URINATION
*BRADYCARDIA
WHAT TO DO IF PATIENT THINKS MEDS ARE WRONG - correct-answer -CHECK
AGIAN
WHAT TO DO IF PATIENT VOMITS 5 MIN AFTER MEDS - correct-answer -CALL DOC
WHY NPO - correct-answer -TO REDUCE APSERATION
INCENTIVE SPIROMETER - correct-answer -10 X PER HOUR POST OP
HOW LONG DOES AN R.N. HAVE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AFTER PATIENT IS
ADMITTED - correct-answer -24 HOURS
