Perioperative Nursing Care/ Loss and Grief
Elimination (B&B)
Pain/Comfort/Sleep
Documentation/Delegation
Potpourri
100

Cataract, joint replacement and arthroscopic knee surgery belong to what category of surgery

What is Elective?

100

This tube is 10-12" long and extends from the kidney to the urinary bladder

What is the ureter?

100

Clients with an increased BMI who snore and have periods silence during sleep are likely to be diagnosed with this sleep disorder. 

What is obstructive sleep apnea?

100

Touch, eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture and gait

What are examples of nonverbal communication?

100

Maintaining a sterile field, allowing only sterile items to touch other sterile items and holding sterile items above the level of the waist and in sight are all part of this aseptic practice 

What is surgical asepsis?

200

Loss of youth, financial independence, environment and losses not seen by others but experienced by the person describe this kind of loss

What is perceived loss?

200

This is the testing that is done to determine if there is blood in the stool

What is occult blood test or guiac? 

200

Poorly localized and originates in body organs

What is visceral pain?

200

This is the transferring of the authority to perform a nursing task in a selected situation to another competent individual

What is delegation?

200

This is the top of Maslov's heirarchy indicating achieving one's full potential and self-fulfillment.

What is self-actualization?

300

"I waited all these years to see my daughter get married and now I may not see her walk down the aisle" is an example of which stage of grief, according to Kubler-Ross?

What is depression in Kubler-Ross' Stages of Grief?

300

Stool released from the descending colon is usually assessed as this 

What is formed stool?

300

Post-operative back pain that continues 9 months after surgery, pain from rheumatoid arthritis, and pain from sickle cell crisis that persists beyond that crisis and doesn't ever totally go away describes this type of painful condition

What is chronic pain?

300

This is the method of communication that begins with the patients situation and concludes with thoughts of what might be the next steps of care

What is SBAR?

300

Locking bed and wheelchair wheels, removing throw rugs, using assisted devices and activating bed alarms all describe this safety precaution. 

What are ways to prevent falls?

400

Patient states in advance what their choices would be for health care should certain circumstances develop

What are Advanced Directives?

400

This is the term that describes what sometimes occurs when there is a delay in the return of bowel function following surgical manipulation of the bowel and after any surgery with general anesthesia

What is paralytic ileus?

400

Clients who have difficulty sleeping but do not want to take a prescriptive medication my be advised to try this natural sleep aid

What is melatonin?

400

Ambulation, bathing, grooming, positioning, transporting and ROM describe things which may be delegated to this type of health care provider. 

What is an unlicensed personnel?

400

BP screenings, mammograms, testicular exams, pap smear

What are examples of Secondary Prevention?

500

Spinal, nerve block, epidural and caudal describe this type of anesthetic

What is regional anesthesia?

500

Several factors such as age, pregnancy and neuromuscular disorders influence urinary elimination. This is a common cause for nocturia in the older adult.

Decreased ability to concentrate urine?


500

Developing a night time routine, avoiding caffeine after 5pm, avoiding daytime naps, and avoiding blue screens in the evening are all part of this practice

What is sleep hygiene?

500

This describes the exchange of basic information, changes in patients conditions, pertinent vital signs, monitoring and assessment findings, changes in orders, and upcoming test/procedures and surgeries

What is a hand-off or change of shift report?

500

PICC line, Internal jugular line and implanted ports all describe this time of IV access

What is central venous access?