That's Gonna Hurt!
Today's the Day
It Doesn't Look Normal
I Should Know This.
That's Not Good!
100

A computerized pump that is attached to the patient's IV and
releases pain medication by pressing a handheld button

What is a PCA
(Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pump)?

100

Penicillin, Sulfa, Paper Tape, Latex, Pollen, IV Dye, Ibuprofen

What are allergies?

100

The collapse of part or all of a lung, which is caused by a blockage of the air passages (bronchus or bronchioles) or by pressure on the lung. It is one of the most common breathing complications after surgery. 

What is atelectasis

100

A pertinent collection of information that several nurses must assess and review prior to sending a patient into surgery

What is the preoperative checklist?

100

Patient has shallow respirations below 12/minute and O2 sat 90-92%
during recovery in the PACU

What is hypoventilation/hypoxia?

200

A mnemonic guide that assists nurses to obtain a comprehensive assessment by asking pertinent questions while assessing a patient's
present pain.

What is
OLDCARTS/
COLDSPA?

200

Explaining to the patient that they may not eat or drink prior to having
surgery

What is NPO Status?

200

Inflation of gastric contents into the lungs

What is aspiration?

200

The breathing aparatus the patient inhales deeply and holding their breath for a few seconds while increasing their tidal volume ten times an hour every hour while awake. Helps prevent pneumonia and atelectasis.

What is the Incentive Spirometer

200

A sudden change in mental status that can occur after anesthesia and surgery. It includes alteration in consciousness, cognitive deficit, hallucinations, lethargy, as well as agitation. Occurs more in the elderly population.

What is the postoperative delirium?

300

This is the first symptom a patient experiences when they develop compartment syndrome after they have been casted

What is pain?

300

Information given to the patient on what to expect prior to going into surgery and what will occur once they wake up in the postoperative recovery area.

What is preoperative teaching?

300

Extravasation of blood in the subcutaneous tissue

What is ecchymosis or contusion?

300
Pain, Pressure, Paresthesia, Pallor, Paralysis, & Pulselessness

What are the 6 P's?

300

A complication where viscous blood pools in the patient's lower extremities after a surgical procedure?

What is a DVT?

400

Rods, wires, and screws that are used to keep bone together

What is internal fixation?

400

Understanding and agreeing of a surgical procedure?

What is consent?

400

A disruption in continuity of structure of bone.

What is a fracture?

400

Review and documentation of the integumentary system?

What is a skin assessment?

400

Listening for 5 minutes to ecah abdominal quadrants and hear no bowel sounds

What is postoperative ileus?

500

Patient is given instructions to call if experiencing pain during movement, burning or tingling beneath the cast. Foul odor from the
cast. Pain and discoloration of fingers, toes, or the affected area distal to the cast

What is internal fixation?

500

An Inherited random genetic disorder/link places patients at risk for a
severe reaction to a certain medication used for anesthesia, that typically includes as dangerously high body temperature, rigid spasms,
rapid heart rate, and other symptoms

What is malignant hyperthermia?

500

A condition in which swelling and increased pressure occurs within a limited space that compromises blood vessels, nerves, and tendons which reduce capillar perfusion and decreases tissue viability.

What is compartment syndrome? 

500

Completing a head to to assessment prior to sending the patient into surgery and documenting any abnormalities

What is perioperative assessment? 

500

A patient waking up wild swinging their arms at the PACU nursing staff

What is emergence delirium?

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