Exam 2: Care of the Surgical Patient

Sudden chest pain combined with dyspnea, cyanosis, and tachycardia is an indication of

Which early postoperative observation is abnormal and should be reported immediately?

A patient and a nurse develop a preoperative teaching plan. In teaching the patient to cough effectively after surgery, the nurse should tell her to practice

A patient is on postoperative day 2 after a nephrectomy. The nurse is aware that the most effective way to increase her peristalsis is

A patient is transferred from the operating room to the recovery room after undergoing an open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of his left ankle. Which is the first assessment to make?

What is the responsibility of the nurse regarding informed consent?

Which patients would be at greatest risk during surgery?

An informed consent was to be obtained from the patient for his scheduled open cholecystectomy. Which circumstance could prevent the patient from signing his informed consent?

Which nursing interventions would be appropriate after a wound evisceration?

In preparing the patient for abdominal surgery, the Assistive Personnel (AP) can perform which interventions? (Select all that apply.)

Ideally, preop teaching should be done

Decreased activity in an obese surgical patient predisposes the patient to which complication?

Serum potassium levels are usually determined before surgery to

A postoperative patient who had a left inguinal hernia repair is ready for his discharge instructions. Which information should the nurse provide? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse acknowledges that all preoperative nursing interventions have been performed by signing which document?

A patient will have an incision in the lower left abdomen. Which intervention by the nurse will help decrease discomfort in the incisional area when she coughs postoperatively?

Frequent assessment of a postoperative patient is essential. One of the first signs and symptoms of hemorrhage may be

The older adult patient may not respond to surgical treatment as well as a younger adult because of

The nurse is assisting with the sponge and instrument count in the operating room. The operative phase in which the nurse is assisting is called the

What are the high-risk conditions that may affect perioperative procedures? (Select all that apply):