MEDSURG MIDTERM RN QUIZZES COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
● Pre-Operative Care. Answer: Nursing activities preparing the patient for surgery
● Informed Consent for Surgery. Answer: Patient agreement after understanding risks and
benefits
● NPO Status. Answer: Nothing by mouth before surgery to prevent aspiration
● Pre-Op Checklist. Answer: Verification of patient identity, procedure, and preparation
completeness
● Surgical Time Out. Answer: Pause before incision to confirm patient, site, and procedure
● Universal Protocol. Answer: Steps preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong patient
surgery
● Intraoperative Care. Answer: Nursing during the operative procedure
● Scrub Role. Answer: Maintaining sterile field and passing instruments during surgery
● Circulating Nurse. Answer: Managing the environment and documentation during surgery
● General Anesthesia. Answer: Loss of consciousness and sensation for surgery
● Regional Anesthesia. Answer: Numbing of a body region without loss of consciousness
● Spinal Anesthesia. Answer: Anesthetic injected into the subarachnoid space
● Epidural Anesthesia. Answer: Anesthetic injected into the epidural space
● Malignant Hyperthermia. Answer: Rare, life-threatening reaction to certain anesthetic
agents
● Dantrolene. Answer: Medication treating malignant hyperthermia
● Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. Answer: Recovery area monitored after surgery
, ● Aldrete Score. Answer: Post-anesthesia scoring assessing readiness for discharge from
PACU
● Post-Operative Complications. Answer: Atelectasis, DVT, hemorrhage, infection, ileus
after surgery
● Post-Op Pain Management. Answer: Analgesics, patient-controlled analgesia, and
non-pharmacological methods
● PCA. Answer: Patient-Controlled Analgesia allowing self-administration of pain medication
● Epidural Analgesia. Answer: Continuous pain medication delivery to the epidural space
● Multimodal Pain Management. Answer: Combining multiple analgesic methods to reduce
opioid use
● NSAIDS. Answer: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used in pain management
● Opioid Side Effects. Answer: Respiratory depression, constipation, nausea, and sedation
● Naloxone. Answer: Medication reversing opioid overdose
● Drain Management. Answer: Monitoring and documenting output from surgical drains
● Jackson-Pratt Drain. Answer: Bulb suction device draining surgical sites
● Hemovac Drain. Answer: Flat spring-loaded drain used after surgery
● Wound Dressing Change. Answer: Sterile or clean technique depending on wound type
● Staple and Suture Removal. Answer: Typically 7-10 days post-operatively for most
wounds
● Sterile Field. Answer: Area maintained free from microorganisms during procedures
● Aseptic Technique. Answer: Practices minimizing contamination and infection risk
● Personal Protective Equipment. Answer: Gloves, gown, mask, and eye protection
● Post-Op Mobility. Answer: Early ambulation preventing complications after surgery
● Sequential Compression Devices. Answer: Pneumatic compression devices preventing
DVT
● Anti-Embolism Stockings. Answer: Compression stockings reducing DVT risk
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
● Pre-Operative Care. Answer: Nursing activities preparing the patient for surgery
● Informed Consent for Surgery. Answer: Patient agreement after understanding risks and
benefits
● NPO Status. Answer: Nothing by mouth before surgery to prevent aspiration
● Pre-Op Checklist. Answer: Verification of patient identity, procedure, and preparation
completeness
● Surgical Time Out. Answer: Pause before incision to confirm patient, site, and procedure
● Universal Protocol. Answer: Steps preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong patient
surgery
● Intraoperative Care. Answer: Nursing during the operative procedure
● Scrub Role. Answer: Maintaining sterile field and passing instruments during surgery
● Circulating Nurse. Answer: Managing the environment and documentation during surgery
● General Anesthesia. Answer: Loss of consciousness and sensation for surgery
● Regional Anesthesia. Answer: Numbing of a body region without loss of consciousness
● Spinal Anesthesia. Answer: Anesthetic injected into the subarachnoid space
● Epidural Anesthesia. Answer: Anesthetic injected into the epidural space
● Malignant Hyperthermia. Answer: Rare, life-threatening reaction to certain anesthetic
agents
● Dantrolene. Answer: Medication treating malignant hyperthermia
● Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. Answer: Recovery area monitored after surgery
, ● Aldrete Score. Answer: Post-anesthesia scoring assessing readiness for discharge from
PACU
● Post-Operative Complications. Answer: Atelectasis, DVT, hemorrhage, infection, ileus
after surgery
● Post-Op Pain Management. Answer: Analgesics, patient-controlled analgesia, and
non-pharmacological methods
● PCA. Answer: Patient-Controlled Analgesia allowing self-administration of pain medication
● Epidural Analgesia. Answer: Continuous pain medication delivery to the epidural space
● Multimodal Pain Management. Answer: Combining multiple analgesic methods to reduce
opioid use
● NSAIDS. Answer: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used in pain management
● Opioid Side Effects. Answer: Respiratory depression, constipation, nausea, and sedation
● Naloxone. Answer: Medication reversing opioid overdose
● Drain Management. Answer: Monitoring and documenting output from surgical drains
● Jackson-Pratt Drain. Answer: Bulb suction device draining surgical sites
● Hemovac Drain. Answer: Flat spring-loaded drain used after surgery
● Wound Dressing Change. Answer: Sterile or clean technique depending on wound type
● Staple and Suture Removal. Answer: Typically 7-10 days post-operatively for most
wounds
● Sterile Field. Answer: Area maintained free from microorganisms during procedures
● Aseptic Technique. Answer: Practices minimizing contamination and infection risk
● Personal Protective Equipment. Answer: Gloves, gown, mask, and eye protection
● Post-Op Mobility. Answer: Early ambulation preventing complications after surgery
● Sequential Compression Devices. Answer: Pneumatic compression devices preventing
DVT
● Anti-Embolism Stockings. Answer: Compression stockings reducing DVT risk
