WHEN DOES SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER BEGIN?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔AGE 50
HOW OFTEN ARE COLONOSCOPIES PREFORMED? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔EVERY 10 YEARS AFTER THE AGE OF 50
RISK FACTORS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-OLDER THAN 50
-FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS
-FAMILY HX (1ST-DEGREE RELATIVE PRESENTS A HIGH RISK)
-PREVIOUS COLORECTAL POLYPS
-HX OF COLORECTAL CANCER
-HX OF IBD (CROHNS, ULCERATIVE COLITIS)
-HX OF OVARIAN, BREAST, ENDOMETRIAL AND STOMACH
CANCERS
PACU PRIORITIES - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-IDENTIFY PT
-VITALS
-ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL SITES AND DRAINAGE TUBES
-MONITOR RATE AND PATENCY OF IV FLUIDS AND IV ACCESS
, -TREAT PAIN, NAUSEA AND OTHER POST-OPERATIVE
SYMPTOMS OF ANESTHESIA AND ADMINISTERED MEDS AS
PRESCRIBED
-ASSESS MENTAL STATUS AND BODY TEMP
-MONITOR FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
-MONITOR I&O
-MAINTAIN PATIENTS GOOD BODY ALIGNMENT
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU TURN A PATIENT? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔EVERY 1-2 HOURS
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A SOCIAL WORKER? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-ADVOCATOR FOR THE PATIENT
-FIND SUPPORT GROUPS
-DEALING WITH INSURANCE
-HELPING WITH PATIENT TRANSPORTATION
-HELP IN FINDING AFFORDABLE MEDS
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A PHYSICAL THERAPIST? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-THEY CAN HELP DETERMINE A PTS ABILITY
TO AMBULATE WITH OR WITHOUT ASSISTANCE
-RESPONSIBLE FOR PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND
REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS