NR226 Exam 3 Question and answers
correctly solved 2025/2026
Preoperative Nursing - correct answer ✔The activities performed by a professional RN before
(preoperative), during (intraoperative), and after (postoperative) surgery.
General anesthesia - correct answer ✔Administration of drugs by inhalation, IV, rectal, or oral route.
Regional anestthesia - correct answer ✔Anesthetic agent injected near a nerve or nerve pathway or
around operative site- Epidural
Local anesthesia - correct answer ✔Inject into surrounding area cavity, crown, root canal, sutures,
hangnail removal
Conscious sedation - correct answer ✔A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which
patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile
stimulation.
3 phases of general anesthesia - correct answer ✔-Induction
-Maintenance
-Emergence
Induction - correct answer ✔From administration of anesthesia to ready for incision
Maintenance - correct answer ✔From incision to near completion of procedure
Emergence - correct answer ✔Starts when patient emerges from anesthesia and is ready to leave OR
, Preoperative - correct answer ✔Begins when the decision to have surgery is made and ends when the
client is transferred to the OR table.
Intraoperative - correct answer ✔Begins when the client is transferred to the OR table and ends when
the client is admitted to the PACU
Postoperative - correct answer ✔Beings with the admission of the client to the PACU and ends when
the healing is complete.
Obtunded - correct answer ✔Patient is in and out of consciousness
Preoperative Phase sequence: - correct answer ✔-Properly ID patient
-Physical assessment
-Surgical consent
-Lab work
-Patient teaching
Intraoperative complications: - correct answer ✔-Nausea & vomiting
-Hypoxia & respiratory complicaitons - aspiration of secretions/vomitus, respiratory depression,
respiratory paralysis
-Thermoregulation problems
-Excessive fluid/blood loss
Post-op complications - correct answer ✔-Pneumonia
-Hemorrhage
-DVT
correctly solved 2025/2026
Preoperative Nursing - correct answer ✔The activities performed by a professional RN before
(preoperative), during (intraoperative), and after (postoperative) surgery.
General anesthesia - correct answer ✔Administration of drugs by inhalation, IV, rectal, or oral route.
Regional anestthesia - correct answer ✔Anesthetic agent injected near a nerve or nerve pathway or
around operative site- Epidural
Local anesthesia - correct answer ✔Inject into surrounding area cavity, crown, root canal, sutures,
hangnail removal
Conscious sedation - correct answer ✔A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which
patients respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by light tactile
stimulation.
3 phases of general anesthesia - correct answer ✔-Induction
-Maintenance
-Emergence
Induction - correct answer ✔From administration of anesthesia to ready for incision
Maintenance - correct answer ✔From incision to near completion of procedure
Emergence - correct answer ✔Starts when patient emerges from anesthesia and is ready to leave OR
, Preoperative - correct answer ✔Begins when the decision to have surgery is made and ends when the
client is transferred to the OR table.
Intraoperative - correct answer ✔Begins when the client is transferred to the OR table and ends when
the client is admitted to the PACU
Postoperative - correct answer ✔Beings with the admission of the client to the PACU and ends when
the healing is complete.
Obtunded - correct answer ✔Patient is in and out of consciousness
Preoperative Phase sequence: - correct answer ✔-Properly ID patient
-Physical assessment
-Surgical consent
-Lab work
-Patient teaching
Intraoperative complications: - correct answer ✔-Nausea & vomiting
-Hypoxia & respiratory complicaitons - aspiration of secretions/vomitus, respiratory depression,
respiratory paralysis
-Thermoregulation problems
-Excessive fluid/blood loss
Post-op complications - correct answer ✔-Pneumonia
-Hemorrhage
-DVT
