Perioperative Nursing
The surgical classification that is the highest in degree of urgency.
What is emergent?
Decreased bone density and bone remodeling leads to:
What are osteopenia and osteoporosis?
State 2 examples of core measures.
The document where we find the practice of nursing defined.
What is the Nursing Practice Act?
PCA stands for:
What is patient controlled analgesia?
This type of nurse is gowned and gloved and is the boss of the sterile field.
What is the scrub nurse?
Reduced diaphragm strength leads to:
What is an increased risk of respiratory failure?
The 5 rights of delegation.
What are the right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction/communication, and right supervision?
The leadership style that states, "we are going to talk about and decide this together."
What is democratic?
List 3 side effects of opiods.
What are sedation, hypotension, respiratory depression, N/V, constipation, dizziness?
The cause of malignant hyperthermia.
What is anesthesia medications?
Poor nutritional status and electrolyte imbalances are caused by:
What are decreased hunger and thirst drives?
The leadership style that states, "do as I say because I am the leader."
What is authoritarian or autocratic?
The leadership style that states, "do what you think is best."
What is laissez-faire?
List 4 side effects of NSAIDS.
PQRST stands for:
What are pain trigger, quality, region, severity, timing?
Constipation is caused by:
What are delayed colonic transit and decreased colonic contraction strength?
Management is more concerned with:
What are plans, policies, rules, and procedures; task and goal focused?
Leadership is more concerned with:
What is motivation; people and process focused?
The 8 rights of medication administration.
What are the right medication, right patient, right time/frequency, right dose, right documentation, right route, right reason, right response?
List the 8 factors of a neurovascular assessment.
What are pulses, pallor, poikilothermia, paralysis, paresthesias, pain, capillary refill, edema?
Left atrial enlargement causes:
What are the 4th heart sound to be heard, an increased risk for HTN, and an increased risk for HF?
State the mission of the BRN.
What is to protect and advocate for the health and safety of the public?
Transformational leadership is:
What is a style of leadership where leaders inspire and motivate followers to achieve a shared vision?
List 3 types of anesthesia/sedation.
What are general, regional, local, and moderate anesthesia care / conscious/procedural sedation?