The Surgical Client I
This phase of surgical care involves preparing the client for discharge, rehabilitation, and monitoring for complications.
What is the postoperative phase?
This common postoperative complication can be prevented with early ambulation, ankle pumps, and the use of sequential compression devices (SCDs).
What is venous thromboembolism (VTE)?
This layer of the skin provides strength and flexibility and contains structures such as capillaries, nerves, and sweat glands.
What is the dermis?
This type of wound healing occurs when clean lacerations are closed with sutures or adhesives.
What is primary intention healing?
This type of care is provided to clients with a life expectancy of fewer than six months, focusing on dignity, comfort, and quality of life.
What is hospice care?
Clients undergoing surgery should avoid consuming clear liquids within this many hours of the procedure.
What is 2 hours?
This nursing role involves ensuring sterility, providing surgical supplies, and assisting the surgeon during procedures.
What is the scrub nurse?
This classification of pressure injury is characterized by partial-thickness skin loss with exposed dermis.
What is Stage 2?
This type of exudate is characterized by yellow, thick drainage that often has a foul odor and is indicative of an infected wound.
What is purulent exudate?
This type of order allows for the natural progression of death without aggressive interventions, such as CPR, while still providing comfort measures.
What is a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order?
This type of anesthesia results in a temporary loss of sensation in a specific area of the body.
What is regional anesthesia?
Smokers are advised to quit as soon as possible before surgery, especially if these areas of the body are involved.
What are the chest or abdomen?
This type of drainage is a combination of bloody and serous fluid.
What is serosanguineous drainage?
This surgical method of wound debridement involves using a scalpel or scissors to remove dead tissue and biofilm.
What is surgical debridement?
This type of care focuses on improving the quality of life for clients and families, addressing pain management, emotional support, and holistic needs throughout life-threatening health events.
What is palliative care?
This complication, characterized by tachycardia, hypotension, and narrowed pulse pressure, requires prompt assessment and intervention during the postoperative phase.
What is hypovolemia?
This blood test measures how quickly the body forms a clot and is used to calculate the INR.
What is prothrombin time (PT)?
The TIME mnemonic for wound assessment includes these four key components.
What are Tissue integrity, Inflammation or infection, Moisture, and Edge of wound?
This complication of wound healing involves the rupture of a wound along a surgical incision, often due to excessive tension or infection.
What is dehiscence?
A hallmark physiological change seen hours or days before death, caused by decreased blood perfusion, resulting in the skin of the extremities becoming cool and discolored.
What is mottling?
This surgical drain type uses a bulb suction mechanism to evacuate fluids.
What is a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain?
This intervention is critical for preventing atelectasis in postoperative clients.
What is the use of an incentive spirometer?
This phase of wound healing involves the formation of new collagen fibers and granulation tissue, as well as capillary growth.
What is the proliferative phase?
A pressure injury with non-blanchable deep red, maroon, or purple discoloration is classified as this.
What is a deep tissue pressure injury (DTPI)?
This respiratory pattern, characterized by alternating periods of rapid breathing and apnea, is a common finding in clients nearing the end of life.
What is Cheyne-Stokes respiration?