MedSurge Exam 1

IgG, response to an initial infection?

A pt 2 days post-op w/ temp of 99.6. What intervention is priority?

Before surgery PT bathe with?

Block parts- Such as epidural or nerve block

Food cause Latex Allergies?

Which intervention care for PT high risk for allergic reaction latex?

What do we ask a PT who comes in w/ a Rash?

What medications do we give a PT post-op surgery to prevent nausea and vomiting?

IV meds, inhaled meds, artificial airway

Post Anesthesia, report immediately?

Staples removed, what to put?

Pt has sore on her sacrum, it is deep enough to see muscle. What stage?

What is the circulating nurse role?

How do we care for a PT w/ Cellulitis?

Extra cushion for PT?

Tinea Corpis also known as?

Vitamin C, Collagen?

How to apply cream?

Is witnessing the Nurse job?

Concerns with Pt taking cyclosporin?

Antibodies, Passive?

Splitting: hold pillow in belly with patient abdominal incision?

Immunoglobin IgE

Type of dressing to prevent pressure injury?

Vitamin A?

Pt w/ an anaphylactic shock?

Pruritus (itching)?

Coughing 5 to 10 times (inhale and exhale 3 times with 2 coughs)

Patient w/ surgical wound, foul smell. What is first intervention?

Water clear w/ red streaks exudate?

Teach Pt to use Epi Pen?

Chicken Pox, Natural-Active?

Serous Drainage?

How to avoid PT getting blood clots

Corticosteroids, given for allergic reaction. Desire effect?

We do not let Pt sign consent when?

Immune system decreases w/ age?

How do you teach a PT how to avoid infection?

Immunoglobulin is responsible for the primary immune response & forms antibodies to ABO blood antigens?

IgD forms on the surface of B cells and traps the potential pathogen

Preventing Pruritis?

Respirations should be?

Atelectasis signs and symptoms

Full thickness, you see bone?

Has had flu? Natural passive?

What is plasmapheresis?

When are antibiotics prescribed w/ PT with cellulitis?

Dressing is saturated, what do we do?

Vitamin D, is Calcium Absorption?

Which PT are at risk for Malignant Hyperthermia?

Monitor anesthesia med, maintain own airway, IV meds

Airborne Precautions?

Which Laboratory Results are to be reported immediately?

Inflammation signs/symptoms?

Full Thickness Skin loss, but you CANNOT see bone?

Patient w/ evisceration or dehiscence?

Patient w/ Immune Complex reaction, what organ can be affected?

Do we mark the are of the Cellulitis to see spread?

Allergy to latex?

Who can sign consent?

Has had the flu, Natural Active?

What are signs of Petechiae?

Suspect Pt has infection, what to do first?

B-complex vitamins play in wound healing?

WBC at 8000: Hematocrit too low

Which nutrient aid in Capillary synthesis & collagen production by fibroblasts in wound healing?

Pt is experiencing Graft vs Host Disease?

Vitamin B, act as a Coenzymes?

Plantar Warts?

Assessing a Pressure ulcer?

Priority of the Circulating Nurse:

Partial thickness?

IgM elevated? What does that mean?

What can happen w/ PT receiving antibiotic for the first time?

Pass from Mom to child, Natural Passive?

Bloody Exudate?

How do you prevent Pt from getting Pneumonia & Atelectasis

Systemic Inflammation?

Numbing local area?

Vaccination, Artificial Active?

PT dressing post surgery?

Ask? What can cause this? What meds the PT is taking? Such as aspirin

Stage 4 sacral pressure injury, what is appropriate to delegate/assign to LPN/CNA?

What do you teach a patient that is going to have surgery?

Stage 3 pressure injury. Expect to find?

Ringworm has well defined skin border?

When do we do Rescue Breathing?