MED SURG QUIZ 1 (CHAPTER 14)
QUESTIONS & ACCURATE PASSED
ANSWERS
Which is the top priority for nurses during the perioperative period?
a. patient teaching
b. patient diagnostic testing
c. patient safety
d. patient care documentation - Correct Answer ✔✔ c
during the perioperative period a patient receives surgery on the wrong extremity. To
which agency must this occurrence be reported to?
a. association of perioperative registered nurses
b. centers for medicare and Medicaid services
c. the joint commission
d. American society of anesthesiologists - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
which statements best describe the preoperative period? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
a. it begins when the patient makes the appointment with the surgeon to discuss the
need for surgery
b. it ends at the time of transfer to the surgical suite
c. it is a time during which the patients need for surgery is established
d. it begins when the patient is scheduled for surgery
e. it is a time during which the patient receives testing and education related to
impending surgery
f. it is a time when patients and families receive discharge instructions - Correct Answer
✔✔ b, d, e
which are the focus areas for the surgical care improvement project? SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY
a. prevention of infection
b. prevention of respiratory complications
c. prevention of serious cardiac events
d. prevention of venous thromboembolism
e. prevention of acute kidney injury
f. maintenance of normothermia - Correct Answer ✔✔ a, c, d, f
a female patient is having a biopsy of a nodule found int he right breast. what
classification identifies this surgery?
a. urgent
b. minor
c. cosmetic
, d. diagnostic - Correct Answer ✔✔ d
a patient who can barely ambulate with a walker at home is having a left total knee
replacement. what is the most appropriate category for this surgery?
a. urgent
b. restorative
c. simple
d. palliative - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
a colostomy is scheduled to be done on a patient who has severe crohns disease. what
is the correct classification for this surgery?
a. palliative
b. minor
c. restorative
d. curative - Correct Answer ✔✔ a
a male patient is having revision of a scar on his forehead from a third degree burn.
what is the correct classification for this surgery?
a. major
b. restorative
c. cosmetic
d. curative - Correct Answer ✔✔ c
an appendectomy is being performed on a patient with appendicitis. what is the correct
classification for this surgery?
a. curative
b. diagnostic
c. urgent
d. radical - Correct Answer ✔✔ a
a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm is having a surgical repair. what is the
correct classification for this surgery?
a. restorative
b. emergent
c. urgent
d. minor - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
a 76 year old patient is having a bilateral cataract removal. what is the correct
classification for this surgery?
a. major
b. cosmetic
c. elective
d. emergent - Correct Answer ✔✔ c
a 47 year old patient is having surgery to remove kidney stones. what is the correct
classification for this surgery?
QUESTIONS & ACCURATE PASSED
ANSWERS
Which is the top priority for nurses during the perioperative period?
a. patient teaching
b. patient diagnostic testing
c. patient safety
d. patient care documentation - Correct Answer ✔✔ c
during the perioperative period a patient receives surgery on the wrong extremity. To
which agency must this occurrence be reported to?
a. association of perioperative registered nurses
b. centers for medicare and Medicaid services
c. the joint commission
d. American society of anesthesiologists - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
which statements best describe the preoperative period? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
a. it begins when the patient makes the appointment with the surgeon to discuss the
need for surgery
b. it ends at the time of transfer to the surgical suite
c. it is a time during which the patients need for surgery is established
d. it begins when the patient is scheduled for surgery
e. it is a time during which the patient receives testing and education related to
impending surgery
f. it is a time when patients and families receive discharge instructions - Correct Answer
✔✔ b, d, e
which are the focus areas for the surgical care improvement project? SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY
a. prevention of infection
b. prevention of respiratory complications
c. prevention of serious cardiac events
d. prevention of venous thromboembolism
e. prevention of acute kidney injury
f. maintenance of normothermia - Correct Answer ✔✔ a, c, d, f
a female patient is having a biopsy of a nodule found int he right breast. what
classification identifies this surgery?
a. urgent
b. minor
c. cosmetic
, d. diagnostic - Correct Answer ✔✔ d
a patient who can barely ambulate with a walker at home is having a left total knee
replacement. what is the most appropriate category for this surgery?
a. urgent
b. restorative
c. simple
d. palliative - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
a colostomy is scheduled to be done on a patient who has severe crohns disease. what
is the correct classification for this surgery?
a. palliative
b. minor
c. restorative
d. curative - Correct Answer ✔✔ a
a male patient is having revision of a scar on his forehead from a third degree burn.
what is the correct classification for this surgery?
a. major
b. restorative
c. cosmetic
d. curative - Correct Answer ✔✔ c
an appendectomy is being performed on a patient with appendicitis. what is the correct
classification for this surgery?
a. curative
b. diagnostic
c. urgent
d. radical - Correct Answer ✔✔ a
a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm is having a surgical repair. what is the
correct classification for this surgery?
a. restorative
b. emergent
c. urgent
d. minor - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
a 76 year old patient is having a bilateral cataract removal. what is the correct
classification for this surgery?
a. major
b. cosmetic
c. elective
d. emergent - Correct Answer ✔✔ c
a 47 year old patient is having surgery to remove kidney stones. what is the correct
classification for this surgery?
