LP1 Perioperative

A patient is having a lymph node biopsy to determine if malignancy present. This is considered:

This benzodiazepine is often used in conjunction with other anesthesia and will produce amnesia effect.

Nurse notes the patient is on a diuretic, which lab value would the nurse check prior to surgery?

General guidelines for NPO status regarding clear liquids is:

Which of these lab values would alert the nurse to notify MD 24hrs post-surgery on the female patient?

Nurse educating patient who is having scopolamine patch for post-operative n/v should include which of the following?

Surgical suffix "otomy" means:

This medication is often as a standing order in patient chart to be given PRN (as needed) for post-op n/v

All of these can affect clotting factors after surgery except:

A postoperative patient is refusing to perform cough & deep breathing after surgery; The nurse educates the patient why:

The surgical suffix "orraphy" means repair or suture of:

Narcan reverses the effects of opiods

If nurse finds evisceration, nursing interventions would all of the following except:

Creating a care plan with goal of preventing post-operative DVTs, the nurse would include all of the following except:

Nurse will titrate these meds up slowly while monitoring Resp Rate and blood pressure with this class of meds:

A pt who is mildly sedated on opioids requires surgical treatment for a perforated gastric ulcer; To get consent, Nurse:

The nurse is receiving a patient up on surgical unit from PACU. Priority assessment upon arrival of the patient is:

Separation or opening of layers of external surgical wound is called Dehiscence:

Nurse is doing education for a patient having an upper endoscopy; which of the statments requires further teaching?

Nurse caring for 1hr post-op surgical patient; What assessment will be priority to monitor

Surgeon orders Cefazolin (Ancef) 2g given IV 1hr prior to surgery. The nurse administering drug knows this is given for:

The patient expresses anxiety about upcoming surgery. To facilitate further discussion, the nurse best response would be

Narcan (Naloxoloe) is the Benzodiazepene reveral agent

A patient tests positive for BRCA 1 gene and decides to have a bilateral mastectomy. This is considered:

The surgeon is concerned about post-operative stress ulcers. The nurse would expect to see _______ ordered in the MAR.

Obesity is not an increased risk factor for surgical complications?

Surgical suffix "plasty"

The circulating Nurse calls a safety "timeout" to ensure all of the following except: