UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL-
SURGICAL NURSING, 7TH EDITION,
CHAPTER 30 QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS PASSED
Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bleeding from the nose, commonly known as a
nosebleed, caused by dry, cracked mucous membranes, trauma, hypertension,
hemophilia, or medications like aspirin
Anterior Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bleeding that flows out through the nostrils,
often caused by dry, cracked mucous membranes, trauma, hypertension, hemophilia, or
medications like aspirin
Posterior Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bleeding that can be much larger and choke
internally, caused by bleeding from larger blood vessels, often without the person's
knowledge
Therapeutic Interventions for Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Includes positioning, direct
pressure, ice, nasal packing, nasal balloon catheter, vasoconstrictive agent, and
electrocautery
Nasal Polyps - Correct Answer ✔✔ Benign growths in the nasal passages that occur
more often with allergies, and can be managed through controlling allergies, surgery,
and avoiding aspirin post-op
Deviated Septum - Correct Answer ✔✔ Condition with symptoms like stuffy nose,
blocked sinus drainage, and headaches, often managed through nasoseptoplasty
Therapeutic Intervention for Deviated Septum - Correct Answer ✔✔ Includes monitoring
vital signs/bleeding, reporting excess swallowing, monitoring dressing, and teaching
post-op care to avoid activities that increase pressure and aspirin
Sinusitis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Inflammation of sinus mucosa, with bacterial or allergic
causes, and signs and symptoms like pain over affected sinus, fever, and nasal
discharge
Therapeutic Interventions for Sinusitis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Includes saline irrigation,
intranasal corticosteroids, decongestants, hot packs, acetaminophen/ibuprofen,
humidification, oral fluids, positioning, antibiotics, and surgical drainage
SURGICAL NURSING, 7TH EDITION,
CHAPTER 30 QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS PASSED
Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bleeding from the nose, commonly known as a
nosebleed, caused by dry, cracked mucous membranes, trauma, hypertension,
hemophilia, or medications like aspirin
Anterior Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bleeding that flows out through the nostrils,
often caused by dry, cracked mucous membranes, trauma, hypertension, hemophilia, or
medications like aspirin
Posterior Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bleeding that can be much larger and choke
internally, caused by bleeding from larger blood vessels, often without the person's
knowledge
Therapeutic Interventions for Epistaxis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Includes positioning, direct
pressure, ice, nasal packing, nasal balloon catheter, vasoconstrictive agent, and
electrocautery
Nasal Polyps - Correct Answer ✔✔ Benign growths in the nasal passages that occur
more often with allergies, and can be managed through controlling allergies, surgery,
and avoiding aspirin post-op
Deviated Septum - Correct Answer ✔✔ Condition with symptoms like stuffy nose,
blocked sinus drainage, and headaches, often managed through nasoseptoplasty
Therapeutic Intervention for Deviated Septum - Correct Answer ✔✔ Includes monitoring
vital signs/bleeding, reporting excess swallowing, monitoring dressing, and teaching
post-op care to avoid activities that increase pressure and aspirin
Sinusitis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Inflammation of sinus mucosa, with bacterial or allergic
causes, and signs and symptoms like pain over affected sinus, fever, and nasal
discharge
Therapeutic Interventions for Sinusitis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Includes saline irrigation,
intranasal corticosteroids, decongestants, hot packs, acetaminophen/ibuprofen,
humidification, oral fluids, positioning, antibiotics, and surgical drainage
