42:Surgical
This nurse is responsible to observe for breaks in sterile technique.
What is a circulating nurse?
This type of tissue growth is raised, indurated, and shiny.
What is a keloid?
This type of pain occurs after an amputation because severed nerves are still sending messages to the brain.
What is phantom pain?
This is the most lethal complication of a peptic ulcer.
What is perforation?
This is the classic symptom of cholecystitis.
What is pain located in the right upper abdomen that radiates to the back or right scapula?
Your post op patient is very restless. You know this to be one of the first symptoms of this complication.
What is hemorrhage?
This type of pressure injury may present as a shallow crater and have a dry pink wound bed.
What is a Stage 2?
Your patient has been casted for a fracture of the right radius. He has a capillary refill of 5 seconds and his fingers are cold. This is the initial intervention that you should do.
What is elevate the right hand to heart level to maintain arterial pressure?
This will need to be given to the patient who has had a subtotal gastrectomy due to the loss of intrinsic factor.
What is Vitamin B12?
This is the most common procedure for the removal of the gallbladder.
What is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
Your patient had a bowel resection and the incision has eviscerated. This is your initial nursing intervention.
What is apply a warm, moist NS sterile dressing?
A patient with herpes zoster will have a history of this disease.
What is varicella?
These items should be removed from the patient prior to going into an MRI machine.
What is metal, jewelry, glasses, hairclips, etc?
do not need to have all
The patient with an inguinal hernia has abdominal distention and is complaining of pain. You recognize this as this type of hernia.
What is strangulated?
This is the reason that a patient with pancreatitis is kept NPO.
What is because the pancreas is stimulated with food and fluids?
Your postop patient has sudden chest pain, dyspnea, cyanosis, and tachycardia. These are S&S of a serious complication.
What is a pulmonary embolism?
After the first 72 hours, the nurse should be assessing for this most common cause of burn related deaths.
What is infection?
This is the position the patient's legs must be kept in while turning and positioning following a bipolar hip replacement.
What is abduction?
This is the color that bismuth salicylate will turn the stool.
What is gray-black?
The patient with cirrhosis of the liver has a rising ammonia level and appears to be waving his hands. This term is called.
What is asterixis?
Your postop patient is complaining of pain in the abdominal incision with coughing. You provide this nursing intervention.
What is support the surgical site with a pillow?
The patient with an electrical burn is at great risk for this serious immediate complication.
What is cardiac arrest?
This is the purpose of daily exercise for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
What is keep the joints from becoming stiff/freezing?
You educate the patient with dumping syndrome to eat this frequency and type of meals.
What are 6 small meals high in protein and fat?
Following a liver biopsy, keep you patient on this side for the first two hours.
What is the right side?