Ch 33 - large animal surgical nursing lecture

Question 1

What should be developed to make sure all the procedures were performed

Answer 1

checklist

Question 2

Why must you do to prepare for a procedure on a horse?

Answer 2

grooming, remove shoes, clips hair, PE, Jugular IV

Question 3

What is involved with a physical exam on a horse when preparing them for surgery?

Answer 3

heart, lungs, blood, vaccines, rebreathing bag, mouth washed

Question 4

Where is the IV placed in a horse?

Answer 4

jugular

Question 5

What is given IV and in what type of tube?

Answer 5

NSAIDs

ET Tube

Question 6

Intraoperative nursing consults DVM on what?

Answer 6

padded table needed, recumbency, type of suture material, instruments needed, bandaging

Question 7

Postoperative nursing includes?

Answer 7

monitoring, complications, administering medications, changing bandages, Grooming

Question 8

What are some things that you monitor?

Answer 8

pain, febrile, infection, swelling, erthema, heat

Question 9

What are some complications with surgery?

Answer 9

pneumonia, diarrhea, jugular vein

Question 10

Administers what medications and how ?

Answer 10

antibiotics or NSAIDs (orally, IM, IV or catheter

Question 11

When does changing bandages include?

Answer 11

bandaged until sutures removed, every 2 -3 days, more often if “strike-through, is seen, even tension when putting bandage on

Question 12

What part does grooming play in postoperative time frame?

Answer 12

cleaning up wounds, blood on patient etc.