SURGICAL CARE MED SURG QUIZ 4
UNITEK LVN
Maligant hypothermia- what do you need to ask your pt when doing assessment? -
Correct Answers -Ask relatives if they have problem with general anesthesia
You are taking care of a pt who just had hysterectomy, pt has not been allowed to
drink/eat, still NPO, the physician has ordered a clear liquid diet. What should the nurse
asses first before giving any liquids? - Correct Answers -Bowel sounds
Post opperrative anesthesia, what will you hear the pt complain of during the
assessment? - Correct Answers -Headache
How do you prevent DVT? Deep Vein Thrombosis. - Correct Answers -Compression
socks, Ambulation
Wound complication- Dehiscence - Correct Answers -Treatment: cover open wound
with sterile dressing saturated with normal saline, if the bowel is protruding, cover with a
wet/moist sterile dressing
If peristalsis stops completely, pt with have.. - Correct Answers -paralytic ileus
Disrupted tissue integrity - Correct Answers --the nurse resume responsibility for
removing the dressing and not the AP
- check the dressing hourly for bedding or drainage
Wound colors and drainage - Correct Answers -- immediate postoperative phase,
wound drainage is often bright red (sanguineous)
- as the amount of blood in the drainage decreases, the fluid becomes pinkish
(serosanguineous)
-purelent drainage is thick yellow, green or brown in color
You are performing post app assessment for a pt that just returned from hernia repair.
BP is 90/60, Pulse 108 bpm, what are you initially going to do? - Correct Answers -
Check dressing sight.
Pt has no medical coditions prior to surgery, then post app pt is difficult to arouse. You
check O2 sat, and it went down to 85%. What will you do? - Correct Answers -You're
going to arouse the pt. encourage pt to cough, and encourage pt to deep breathe
