Ch 30 Perioperative Nursing

Question 0

Atelectasis

Answer 0

Incomplete expansion or collapse of a part of the lungs

Question 1

Anesthetic

Answer 1

An agent that produces states such as loss of consciousness, analgesia, relaxation, and loss of reflexes

Question 2

Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)

Answer 2

Formation of a blood clot (thrombus) In a deep vein

Question 3

Elective Surgery

Answer 3

Is procedure that is preplanned and based on the patients choice and availability. This is non urgent procedure that does not have to be done immediately

Question 4

Embolus

Answer 4

Blood clot, foreign body or air in the circulatory system plural form is emboli

Question 5

Emergency Surgery

Answer 5

must be done immediately to preserve life, a body part or a body organ

Question 6

Hemorrhage

Answer 6

Excessive blood loss due to the escape of blood from blood vessels

Question 7

Hypothermia

Answer 7

Low body temperature

Question 8

Moderation Sedation/ analgesia

Answer 8

Used for short-term and minimally invasive procedures

Question 9

Optional Surgery

Answer 9

Is not critical to survival or function

Question 10

Perioperative Nursing

Answer 10

Wide variety of nursing activities carried out before, during, and after surgery

Question 11

Perioperative Period

Answer 11

Thread phases of Perioperative patient care including the Perioperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases

Question 12

Pneumonia

Answer 12

Inflammation or infection of the lungs

Question 13

Shock

Answer 13

Body’s reaction to acute peripheral circulatory failure due to an abnormality of circulatory control it to a loss of circulating fluid

Question 14

Thrombophlebitis

Answer 14

Inflammation in a vein associated with thrombus formation

Question 15

Urgent Surgery

Answer 15

Must be done within reasonably short time frame preserve health but it is not an emergency

Question 16

Surgical Procedure

Ablative

Answer 16

To remove a diseased body part

Ex. Appendectomy removal of appendix

Question 17

Surgical Procedure

Diagnostic

Answer 17

To make or confirm diagnoses

Ex. Breast Biopsy

Question 18

Surgical Procedure

Palliative

Answer 18

To relieve or reduce intensity of an illness; is not curative

Ex debridement

Question 19

Surgical Procedure

Reconstructive

Answer 19

To restore function to traumatized or malfunctioning tissue
To improve self-concept

Ex. Plastic surgery, skin graft

Question 20

Surgical Procedure

Transplantation

Answer 20

To replace organs or structures that are diseased or malfunctioning

ex. Kidney, liver, heart

Question 21

Surgical Procedure

Constructive

Answer 21

To restore function in congenital anomalies

Ex cleft palate repair

Question 22

Anesthesia

Answer 22

Method and technique of making potentially uncomfortable interventions tolerable and safe

• general anesthesia
• regional anesthesia
• topical and local anesthesia
• moderate sedation/ Analgesia

Question 23

General anesthesia

Answer 23

Anesthetic agent administered by inhalation or IV intravenous route to produce nervous system depression, loss of consciousness analgesia, relaxed skeletal muscles, and depressed reflexes

Question 24

Regional anesthesia

Answer 24

Anesthetic agent is injected near a nerve or nerve pathway in or around the operative site inhibiting the transmission of sensory stimuli central nervous system receptors

Question 25

Three phases of General anesthesia

Answer 25

Induction : begins with administration of anesthetic agent and continues until patient is ready for incision

Maintenance : continues from this point until near the completion of the procedure

Emergence : starts as the patient begins to awaken from the altered state