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Perioperative Care Questions and Answers 2024
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Perioperative Care1. The nurse is precepting a student nurse and explains that perioperative nursing care
occurs
a. Before, during, and after surgery.
b. In preadmission testing.
c. During the surgical procedure.
d. In the post anesthesia care unit. – answer ANS: A
Perioperative nursing care occurs before, during, and after a surgery. Preadmission
testing occurs before surgery and is considered preoperative. Nursing care provided
during the surgical procedure is considered intraoperative, and in the post anesthesia
care unit, it is considered postoperative. All of these are parts of the perioperative
phase, but each individual phase does not explain the term completely.
DIF: Remember REF: 1254 OBJ: Explain the concept of perioperative nursing care.
TOP: Implementation
MSC: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
2. The nurse is caring for a patient who is scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure.
The nurse is completing an assessment and reviews the patients laboratory tests and
allergies. In which perioperative nursing phase would this work be completed?
a. Perioperative
b.Preoperative
c. Intraoperative
d. Postoperative - answerANS: B
Reviewing the patients laboratory tests and allergies is done before surgery in the
preoperative phase. Perioperative means before, during, and after surgery.
Intraoperative means during the surgical procedure in the operating suite; postoperative
means after the surgery and could occur in the postanesthesia care unit, in the
ambulatory surgical area, or on the hospital unit.
,DIF: Understand REF: 1254 OBJ: Explain the concept of perioperative nursing care.
TOP: Assessment MSC: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
3. The nurse is caring for a patient in the postanesthesia care unit. The patient has
developed profuse bleeding from the surgical site, and the surgeon has determined the
need to return to the operative area. This procedure would be classified as
a. Elective.
b. Urgent.
c. Emergency.
d. Major. - answerANS: C
An emergency procedure must be done immediately to save life or preserve function of
a body part. An example would be repair of a perforated appendix, repair of a traumatic
amputation, or control of internal hemorrhaging. An urgent procedure is necessary for a
patients health and often prevents additional problems form developing. An example
would be excision of a cancerous tumor, removal of a gallbladder for stones, or vascular
repair for obstructed artery. An elective procedure is performed on the basis of the
patients choice; it is not essential and is not always necessary for health. An example
would be a bunionectomy, plastic surgery, or hernia reconstruction. A major procedure
involves extensive reconstruction or alteration in body parts; it poses great risks to well-
being. An example would be a coronary artery bypass or colon resection.
DIF: Remember REF: 1256
OBJ: Differentiate between classifications of surgery and types of anesthesia.
TOP: Assessment MSC: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
4. The nurse is caring for a patient in preadmission testing. The patient has been
assigned a physical status classification by the American Society of Anesthesiologist of
P3. Which of the following assessments would support this classification?
a. Denial of any major illnesses or conditions
b. Normal, healthy patient
c. History of hypertension, 80 pounds overweight, history of asthma
d. History of myocardial infarction that limits activity - answerANS: C
, A P3 is a patient with a severe systemic disease. Patients with hypertension, obesity,
diabetes mellitus, and asthma fit into this category. A P1 is a normal healthy patient. A
P2 is a patient with mild systemic disease. A P4 is a patient with severe systemic
disease that is a constant threat to life.
DIF: Understand REF: 1256
OBJ: Differentiate between classifications of surgery and types of anesthesia.
TOP: Assessment MSC: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
5. The patient has presented to the ambulatory surgery center to have a colonoscopy.
The patient is scheduled to receive moderate sedation (conscious sedation) during the
procedure. Moderate sedation is used routinely for procedures that require
a. Performance on an outpatient basis.
b. A depressed level of consciousness.
c. Loss of sensation in an area of the body.
d. The patient to be immobile. - answerANS: B
Moderate sedation (conscious sedation) is used routinely for procedures that do not
require complete anesthesia, but rather a depressed level of consciousness. Not all
patients who are treated on an outpatient basis receive moderate sedation. Regional
anesthesia such as local anesthesia provides loss of sensation in an area of the body.
General anesthesia is used for patients who need to be immobile and to not remember
the surgical procedure.
DIF: Remember REF: 1273-1274
OBJ: Differentiate between classifications of surgery and types of anesthesia.
TOP: Assessment MSC: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
6. The nurse is caring for a patient in the postanesthesia care unit who has undergone a
left total knee arthroplasty. The anesthesia provider has indicated that the patient
received a left femoral peripheral nerve block. Which assessment would be an expected
finding for a patient with this type of regional block?
a. Decreased pulse at the left posterior tibia
b. Left toes cool to touch and slightly cyanotic
c. Sensation decreased in the left leg
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