N308 Exam 1 (All cards combined) 1400 questions
with correct answers
Acute or Chronic?
o Rapid onset
o Short duration (don't last more than a couple of weeks)
o Self-limiting (go away without treatment over time)
o Responsive to treatment (get an infection, take antibiotic, and it goes
away)
o Complications infrequent
o Return to previous level of functioning Correct Answer-acute
• Excessively high amount of body fat or adipose tissue
• Imbalance between energy expenditure and energy intake
• Increases the risk of many diseases such as diabetes and cancer also
heart disease
• Public health crisis
• Complex interaction between genes, the environment, and
psychological factors as well as how much they eat and exercise Correct
Answer-obesity
Through who's Theory of Self-Care says the folllowing:
,• Goal of nursing: "To render the patient or members of the family
capable of meeting the patient's self-care needs." (when they leave
hospital, they don't need us anymore and can take care of themselves)
o Wholly compensatory care: patient can't take care of themselves at all
and need someone to take care of them
o Partly compensatory care: patient can do some things for self but
needs someone to help with other things
o Supporting, educative care: patient is fully capable of doing things by
themselves and needs a cheerleader to help encourage them Correct
Answer-Dorothea Orem
what is necessary for energy, growth, and maintaining/repairing tissues?
Correct Answer-nutrition
The patient's immediate recovery period is managed in a _____-______
____ _____
o PACU (post-anesthesia recovery room)
o Located adjacent to the operating room (OR)
o This location limits transportation of the patient immediately after
surgery and provides ready access to anesthesia and OR staff
o "Recovery Room" Correct Answer-post-anesthesia care unit
o Pre-op holding area which is usually right outside the operating room
o Is a controlled environment designed to minimize the spread of
pathogens and allow a smooth flow of patients, staff, and equipment
needed to provide safe patient care Correct Answer-surgical suite
,Diagnostic, curative, palliative, preventive, explorative, and cosmetic are
all different reasons for? Correct Answer-surgery
is a complex, multidimensional experience that can cause suffering and
decreased quality of life
• One major reason people seek health care Correct Answer-pain
The role of patient and caregiver teaching is an ______ and dynamic
process.
**dynamic means it is changing, moving, and doing something all of the
time Correct Answer-interactive
With a postoperative assessment, what are the ABCs? Correct Answer-
airway, breathing, and circulation
Some nursing _____ when dealing with pain is:
• Assess pain and communicate
• Pain relief measures
o Dependent measures
• Evaluate effectiveness of interventions
• Advocate for those in pain Correct Answer-roles
, What reason for surgery is described below:
o They have a lump or tumor somewhere, take the tumor out, sends to
biopsy to check it out
o Trying to find out what is going on
o Know something is there but we are going to take a sample of it so we
can study it
o Definition from book: determination of the presence and extent of a
pathologic condition (EX: lymph node biopsy, bronchoscopy) Correct
Answer-diagnostic
The surgical suite/OR (operating room) is designed into 3 distinct areas.
what are they? Correct Answer-unrestricted, semi-restricted, and
restricted
A BMI of < 18 is considered? Correct Answer-underwight
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