1.What Are the 2017 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals? -
Correct answers
- Identify patients correctly
- Improve staff communication
- Use medicines safely
- Use alarms safely
- Identify patient safety risks
- Prevent Infection
- Prevent mistakes in surgery
2.What Are the Purposes of Surgery? - Correct answer- Diagnosis (Yes or No)
- Exploration (Find Problem)
- Cure (Remove/Fix)
- Prevention (Early Stages)
- Palliation (Dying, Hospice, Comfort, No Cure)
- Cosmetic Improvement (Burns, Mastectomy, Reconstruction)
3.What Are the Three Surgical Phases? - Correct answer1.) Preoperative (Until the OR)
2.) Intraoperative (Inside OR)
3.) Postoperative (PACU)
4.What is Elective Surgery? - Correct answerA planned surgery
Ex: Knee replacement
5.What is An Emergency Surgery? - Correct answerUnplanned
Ex: Burst appendix
6.Inpatient vs. Outpatient - Correct answerInpatient
- Same day admission
, 7.Outpatient (Ambulatory)
- Leave hospital when recovered and awake
8.Nursing Management of the Surgical Client - Correct answer- Knowledge of the nature of the
disorder
- Determine the client's response to the stress of surgery
- Assess the results of preoperative diagnostic tests (Look at lab tests)
*What does the patient know, why are they here*
Preoperative:
9.Client Interview - Correct answer1.) Purpose: Where is the patient at mentally, most anxious,
take vitals after a little while, reassurance
2.) Check documented information prior to the interview (Avoids repetition; see how nervous)
3.) Occurs in advance or on day of surgery
10.Preoperative:
Client Assessment - Correct answer1.) Health Hx
2.) Medication Hx (Prescription and OTC)
3.) Diagnostic Testing
4.) Psychosocial Factors (Spiritual/Cultural)
*Stop taking Ibuprofen before, stop smoking, when they last ate, etc*
What Subjective Information is Important from the Preoperative Client Interview? - Correct
answer- Psychosocial Assessment (Age, Current health)
- Influencing Factors
Fears: Past experiences, death, complications, disfigurement, disruption of life, disability,
viruses, needles, etc.
Pain: Pain medication and management
Hope: To be cured, do not take away hope
*Stress raises glucose levels; always ask about pain*
Correct answers
- Identify patients correctly
- Improve staff communication
- Use medicines safely
- Use alarms safely
- Identify patient safety risks
- Prevent Infection
- Prevent mistakes in surgery
2.What Are the Purposes of Surgery? - Correct answer- Diagnosis (Yes or No)
- Exploration (Find Problem)
- Cure (Remove/Fix)
- Prevention (Early Stages)
- Palliation (Dying, Hospice, Comfort, No Cure)
- Cosmetic Improvement (Burns, Mastectomy, Reconstruction)
3.What Are the Three Surgical Phases? - Correct answer1.) Preoperative (Until the OR)
2.) Intraoperative (Inside OR)
3.) Postoperative (PACU)
4.What is Elective Surgery? - Correct answerA planned surgery
Ex: Knee replacement
5.What is An Emergency Surgery? - Correct answerUnplanned
Ex: Burst appendix
6.Inpatient vs. Outpatient - Correct answerInpatient
- Same day admission
, 7.Outpatient (Ambulatory)
- Leave hospital when recovered and awake
8.Nursing Management of the Surgical Client - Correct answer- Knowledge of the nature of the
disorder
- Determine the client's response to the stress of surgery
- Assess the results of preoperative diagnostic tests (Look at lab tests)
*What does the patient know, why are they here*
Preoperative:
9.Client Interview - Correct answer1.) Purpose: Where is the patient at mentally, most anxious,
take vitals after a little while, reassurance
2.) Check documented information prior to the interview (Avoids repetition; see how nervous)
3.) Occurs in advance or on day of surgery
10.Preoperative:
Client Assessment - Correct answer1.) Health Hx
2.) Medication Hx (Prescription and OTC)
3.) Diagnostic Testing
4.) Psychosocial Factors (Spiritual/Cultural)
*Stop taking Ibuprofen before, stop smoking, when they last ate, etc*
What Subjective Information is Important from the Preoperative Client Interview? - Correct
answer- Psychosocial Assessment (Age, Current health)
- Influencing Factors
Fears: Past experiences, death, complications, disfigurement, disruption of life, disability,
viruses, needles, etc.
Pain: Pain medication and management
Hope: To be cured, do not take away hope
*Stress raises glucose levels; always ask about pain*
