Operation: Not the Board Game
This phenomenon causes patients to feel pain or movement in a limb that is no longer present.
What is phantom limb sensation (or phantom limb pain)?
This route of transmission—often linked to contaminated food or poor hand hygiene—is the primary way Hepatitis A spreads.
What is the fecal‑oral route?
This type of immunity is passed from mother to infant through breast milk and provides temporary protection.
What is passive natural immunity?
This drainage — thick, yellow, green, or brown — indicates infection and requires prompt provider notification.
What is purulent drainage?
This common side effect — especially dangerous in older adults — results from diphenhydramine’s strong anticholinergic properties.
What is sedation or confusion?
his postoperative complication is suspected when a TKA patient develops increasing calf pain, warmth, and unilateral swelling.
What is deep vein thrombosis?
Unlike it's other counterparts, this form of hepatitis has no vaccine, making prevention heavily dependent on avoiding blood exposure.
What is Hepatitis C?
This clinical sign — often accompanied by chills — indicates that inflammatory mediators have entered the bloodstream.
What is fever?
This early postoperative complication is suggested by sudden severe pain at the surgical site, fever, and dusky tissue around the incision.
What is wound infection?
Gabapentin, originally developed as an anticonvulsant, is commonly used to treat this type of chronic pain caused by nerve injury.
What is neuropathic pain?
In a patient receiving Buck’s traction for a hip fracture, this assessment—often summarized as the “6 Ps”—must be performed regularly to detect early complications.
What is a neurovascular assessment?
This type of isolation precaution is essential when caring for a patient with MRSA.
What are contact precautions?
This type of immunity develops after exposure to an antigen and involves memory cells that respond rapidly upon re‑exposure.
What is natural active immunity?
This closed‑suction device uses gentle negative pressure to remove fluid and is commonly seen after orthopedic or abdominal surgery.
What is a Jackson‑Pratt (JP) drain?
This medication is often used to treat this uncomfortable symptom by reducing pruritus.
What is hydroxyzine?
After THA, this leg position—often occurring when turning in bed—places the patient at risk for violating the adduction precaution.
What is crossing the legs or letting the leg cross midline?
This diagnostic test is used to distinguish between active and latent tuberculosis.
What is a chest XR?
Moist respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing represent this component of the chain of infection.
What is the portal of exit?
This stage of pressure injury involves full‑thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon, or muscle.
What is Stage 4?
Rapid infusion of vancomycin can cause this reaction, characterized by flushing and hypotension.
What is Red Man Syndrome?
This device, sometimes used immediately after surgery, gently moves the knee through a controlled range to reduce stiffness.
What is a continuous passive motion (CPM) machine?
This hallmark sign—neck stiffness when flexing the neck—often appears alongside fever and altered mental status when evaluating for bacterial meningitis.
What is nuchal rigidity?
This specific link in the chain of infection is broken when nurses perform proper hand hygiene before and after patient contact.
What is the mode of transmission?
When applying an ACE wrap to an extremity, this direction of wrapping helps promote venous return and reduce edema.
What is wrapping distal to proximal?
This allergy must be identified prior to the administration of Augmentin.
What is a penicillin allergy?