IMMEDIATE POST-OP PRIORITIES
THE FIRST NURSING PRIORITY WHEN A PATIENT ARRIVES FROM SURGERY.
WHAT IS AIRWAY?
THE MOST COMMON POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION.
WHAT IS ATELECTASIS?
A RAPID HEART RATE AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER SURGERY MAY INDICATE THIS
WHAT IS HEMORRHAGE?
CLEAR, YELLOW DRAINAGE FROM A SURGICAL WOUND IS CALLED THIS.
WHAT IS SEROUS DRAINAGE?
PAIN MEDICATION IS USUALLY GIVEN BY THIS ROUTE IMMEDIATELY POST-OP.
WHAT IS IV?
THIS ASSESSMENT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN THE PACU.
WHAT IS RESPIRATORY STATUS (RATE, OXYGEN SATURATION)
THIS INTERVENTION HELPS PREVENT ATELECTASIS
WHAT IS INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY?
THIS POST-OP FINDING SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT IS A SATURATED DRESSING WITH BLOOD?
PINK-TINGED DRAINAGE IS CALLED THIS.
WHAT IS SEROSANGUINEOUS DRAINAGE?
THE NURSE SHOULD REASSESS PAIN AFTER MEDICATION FOR THIS REASON.
WHAT IS TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS?
VITAL SIGNS ARE MONITORED CLOSELY AFTER SURGERY PRIMARILY TO DETECT THIS
WHAT ARE COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS BLEEDING OR SHOCK?
SHALLOW BREATHING AND CRACKLES IN TEH LUNGS SUGGEST THIS COMPLICATION
WHAT IS ATELECTASIS?
WHY ARE SEQUENTIAL COMPRESSION DEVICES USED POST-OP?
WHAT IS TO PREVENT DVT?
THICK, GREEN DRAINAGE FROM AN INCISION INDICATES THIS.
WHAT IS INFECTION?
TRUE OR FALSE: PAIN MEDICATION SHOULD BE WITHHELD TO PREVENT ADDICTION.
WHAT IS FALSE?
THE NURSE COMPARES POST-OP DATA TO PRE-OP DATA FOR WHAT REASON?
WHAT IS TO IDENTIFY CHANGES FROM BASELINE?
WHY IS EARLY AMBULATION IMPORTANT AFTER SURGERY?
WHAT IS TO PREVENT RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY COMPLICATIONS?
WHICH ASSESSMENT BEST INDICATES ADEQUATE CIRCULATION AFTER SURGERY?
WHAT IS URINE OUTPUT OF AT LEAST 30ML/HR?
WHY SHOULD THE NURSE MARK DRAINAGE ON A DRESSING?
WHAT IS TO TRACK CHANGES IN BLEEDING?
WHY IS PAIN CONTROL IMPORTANT AFTER SURGERY?
WHAT IS TO ALLOW DEEP BREATHING AND MOVEMENT?
WHICH PATIENT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION: PAIN 9/10, OXYGEN SAT 88%, OR NAUSEA?
WHAT IS THE PATIENT WITH OXYGEN SATUREATION OF 88%?
A PATIENT REFUSES TO COUGH DUE TO PAIN. WHAT SHOULD THE NURSE TEACH?
WHAT IS SPLINTING THE INCISION.
WHICH POST-OP PATIENT IS AT HIGHEST RISK FOR DVT?
WHAT IS AN IMMOBILE PATIENT?
WHICH WOUND FINDING REQUIRES IMMEDIATE PROVIDER NOTIFICATION?
WHAT IS PURULENT DRAINAGE WITH FEVER?
WHICH PAIN COMPLAINT IS MOST CONCERNING AFTER SURGERY?
WHAT IS SUDDEN SEVERE PAIN UNRELIEVED BY MEDICATION?