Surgery
Surgery that involves opening a major body cavity.
Major Surgery
What does NPO mean?
What happens if a non sterile item touches a sterile item.
It is contaminated.
What might be used to give pain medication and electrolytes after surgery?
IV
How often are elasticized stockings removed?
at least once every eight hours for 30 min
Surgery that allows patients to go home the same day as the surgery.
Outpatient
Who is allowed to get surgical consent from patients?
If you walk away from a sterile tray or turn your back on it what do you have to do next?
Create a new one. That one is contaminated.
What should you report when checking wound dressing?
redness
warmth
odorous drainage
What position does a patient need to be in for breathing and coughing exercises?
Fowlers or semi fowlers
Give one Example of medical asepsis.
Handwashing
Type of anesthesia that causes patient to become unconscious.
General
When adding solution to sterile tray what do you do after you remove the lid?
pour small amount in to the sink to clean the lip of the bottle
How often do you reposition patient after surgery?
2 hours
What position should patient be in to apply stockings?
Supine
Best way to control infection
Prevention
Who is responsible for preoperative care?
nurses
Health assistant usually assist with which type of surgery. Outpatient or inpatient?
What does post op ambulation help?
circulation
What is the purpose of elasticized stockings?
increase circulation
___________ surgery is a type of surgery patients choose to have done to improve quality of life.
Elective
Which direction do you shave the operative site?
Outward
What must the nursing assistant do when preparing the surgical room?
check lighting
make sure there is waste, biohazard & sharps container
prepare the sterile tray
make sure there are extra gauze pads
What does PACU stand for?
Post anesthesia care unit
When it becomes soiled.
Agency that developed standard precautions
CDC
What are preoperative instructions?
Instructions given to follow before surgery.
What is a body tissue that is tested?
Biopsy
How often are Vitals taken in PACU?
every 15-60 min
What should be reported when checking elasticized stockings?
sores
swelling
numbness
tingling
Which patient should be considered infectious?
ALL
What do food and fluid restrictions before surgery reduce the risk of?
Patient vomiting
What are stiches that hold skin together?
sutures
General anesthesia may cause patients to feel ___________ after surgery.
nauseated
Breathing and coughing exercises prevent ________________.
pneumonia
_________________ asepsis that eliminates all microorganisms and spores.
Surgical
List 3 preoperative task that standard precautions must be used for.
collecting and testing body fluids
giving enemas
assisting with bathing
shaving
What type of cut results from surgery?
incision
How can you reduce patients pain postoperatively?
medication, repositioning, cold or heat application, relaxation
What is another name for a blood clot?
emboli
Give an example of surgical asepsis.
Sterile Field
What is the goal of preoperative care?
to prevent problems related to surgery
Collection of pus that tis caused by an infection.
abscess
Catheter that drains urine from the bladder is called ______________.
Urinary catheter
What should you do if a patient becomes dizzy during breathing and coughing exercises?
report to supervisor immediately
List 3 reasons for a required surgery.
1. Repair injured body part
2. Relieve Symptoms
3. Diagnose a disease.
List tasks that and assistant maybe asked to do the day before surgery.
Collect and test specimens
verify consent has been given
assist with bathing
Which technique is used to place a larder wrapped sterile item on sterile tray?
Mitten technique
What are 4 signs of infection?
◦Increased drainage or pain
◦Abnormal skin feel or look
◦Nausea and vomiting
◦Complaints of thirst
◦Difficulty Breathing
◦Restlessness
◦Disorientation
List 3 reasons you use a binder
1. hold dressing in place
2. support muscles
3. increase circulation