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NUR 220 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) PERIOPERATIVE | NEW FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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NUR 220 Perioperative1. what are the three types of surgeries
Answer
elective, urgent, and emergent
2. describe elective surgery
Answer
based on patient choice - remove, repair, restore function, improve self concept, etc. (cataracts,
boob job, scar revision)
3. describe urgent surgery
Answer
necessary for patient health, usually done within 24-48 hours to prevent further damage (removal
of tumor, gallbladder, colon resection)
4. describe emergent surgery
Answer
must be done to preserve life - control hemorrhag- ing, tracheostomy, etc.
5. What is ablative surgery?
Answer
excision or removal of diseased body part
6. what is palliative surgery
Answer
Surgery to reduce intensity of disease/symptoms but not to cure disease
7. what does the suffix ectomy refer to
Answer
removal or excision
, 8. what does lysis mean
Answer
destruction of - electrolysis is an example; it uses electric current to destroy
9. what does the suffix orrhaphy mean
Answer
repair or suture of (hernia repair = herniorrhaphy)
10. what does the suffix oscopy mean
Answer
looking into
11. what does the suffix ostomy refer to
Answer
creating an opening into
12. what does the suffix otomy refer to
Answer
cutting in to - tracheotomy for example
13. what does the suffix plasty mean
Answer
repair
14. as an RN what should we always ask a woman 12-55 prior to surgery
Answer
when her last menstrual cycle was or if there is an possibility of pregnancy
15. what are we most concerned about with obese patients if they are having surgery
Answer
healing deficits, respiratory function, and the anesthesia being taxing on the heart
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