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Nursing 1. (Unit 10) - Perioperative Medications Questions with Solutions
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Nursing 1. (Unit 10) - PerioperativeMedications
Activities performed at any point surrounding surgery - answer What is perioperative
nursing?
Medication taken home, preoperative medications, anesthesia, postoperative meds -
answer What are perioperative medications?
- Cardiac
- antihypertensive
- thyroid
- asthma - answer What medication should a patient take even if they are NPO?
Make sure to ask about medications - answer Make sure to ask about medications
Narcotics, drugs decreasing secretions, drugs reducing anxiety, antibiotics - answer
What are typical pre-op medications?
Reduce anxiety, decrease secretions, decrease side effects of energy as it meds,
create amnesia - answer Where the purposes of preop medications
60 Minutes - answer How soon before surgery should pre-op medications be given?
Vomiting, respiratory/gastric secretions, bradycardia - answer Preoperative medications
reduce what undesirable side effects?
- Complete labs
- get consents
- assess patient psychological needs
- get H&P
- med reconciliation
- begin admin documents
- obtain baseline vitals - answer What is the purpose of preadmission visits and testing?
EtOH and or drug abuse - answer What client variables will affect intraoperative drug
selection?
PO, IM/SC, IV, nerve block - answer Routes of administration for surgery?
Go for the answer is that has to do with patient comfort or talking to patient -
answerWhat happens if they asked a question about anxiety and medication?
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