NR 226 Perioperative Nursing
Question and answers already passed
2025/2026
pre-operative - correct answer ✔begins with decision to have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred
to operating room
intraoperative - correct answer ✔extends from admission to surgical department to transfer to
recovery room
postoperative - correct answer ✔lasts from admission to recovery room to a follow-up evaluation in
the clinical setting or home
classifications of surgical procedures - correct answer ✔urgency
major or minor risk
purpose
purposes for surgery - correct answer ✔diagnostic
ablative
pallitative
reconstructive
transplantation
constructive
types of anesthesia - correct answer ✔general
regional
, topical
local
conscious sedation
general anesthesia - correct answer ✔administration of drugs by inhalation, intravenous, rectal, or oral
route
regional anesthesia - correct answer ✔anesthetic agent injected near a nerve or nerve pathway or
around operative site
no sedation
topical anesthesia - correct answer ✔used on mucous membranes, open skin, wounds, burns
conscious anesthesia - correct answer ✔used for short-term procedures
three phases of general anesthesia - correct answer ✔induction—from administration of anesthesia to
ready for incision
maintenance—from incision to near completion of procedure
emergence—starts when patient emerges from anesthesia and is ready to leave operating room
informed consent information - correct answer ✔description of procedure and alternative therapies
underlying disease process and its natural course
name and qualifications of person performing procedure
explanation of risks and how often they occur
Question and answers already passed
2025/2026
pre-operative - correct answer ✔begins with decision to have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred
to operating room
intraoperative - correct answer ✔extends from admission to surgical department to transfer to
recovery room
postoperative - correct answer ✔lasts from admission to recovery room to a follow-up evaluation in
the clinical setting or home
classifications of surgical procedures - correct answer ✔urgency
major or minor risk
purpose
purposes for surgery - correct answer ✔diagnostic
ablative
pallitative
reconstructive
transplantation
constructive
types of anesthesia - correct answer ✔general
regional
, topical
local
conscious sedation
general anesthesia - correct answer ✔administration of drugs by inhalation, intravenous, rectal, or oral
route
regional anesthesia - correct answer ✔anesthetic agent injected near a nerve or nerve pathway or
around operative site
no sedation
topical anesthesia - correct answer ✔used on mucous membranes, open skin, wounds, burns
conscious anesthesia - correct answer ✔used for short-term procedures
three phases of general anesthesia - correct answer ✔induction—from administration of anesthesia to
ready for incision
maintenance—from incision to near completion of procedure
emergence—starts when patient emerges from anesthesia and is ready to leave operating room
informed consent information - correct answer ✔description of procedure and alternative therapies
underlying disease process and its natural course
name and qualifications of person performing procedure
explanation of risks and how often they occur
