Intra-op nursing care

Question 1

What are some considerations for conscious sedation

Answer 1

patient is conscious and breathes without assistance
doesnt include inhalation agents
usually used for minor therapeutic procedures like a reallignment of a facture

Question 2

What are some considerations for monitored anesthesia care

Answer 2

usu doesnt involve inhalatioin agents
may require airway management
provides the most flexibility to patient needs for sedation
often used for minor thera procedures like eye surgery and colonoscopy

Question 3

What are some considerations for general anesthesia

Answer 3

loss of sensation from loss of con
usu involves inhalatioin agent
causes skeletal mus relaxation
requires advanced airway management 
shuts off coughing, gagging vomiting and sympath responsiveness

Question 4

What are some considerations for local anesthesia

Answer 4

some topical applications may be aerosolized or nebulized

Question 5

What are some considerations for regional anesthesia

Answer 5

local anesthesia that targets a specific nerve or group of nerves
includes spinal caudal epidural anesthesia and IV and peripheral nerve block

Question 6

Why are nurses in the OR

Answer 6

to maintain asepsis
advocate for the patient
monitor patient responses

Question 7

What are the basic nursing roles in the intraoperative setting?

Answer 7

periop nursing
circulating nurse
scrub nurse
surgeons assistant

Question 8

What does a periop nurse do

Answer 8

preps room

advocate during surgery

Question 9

What does the circulating nurse do

Answer 9

only documents

Question 10

What does the scrub nurse do

Answer 10

remains in the sterile field and follows scrub procedure

Question 11

What does the surgeons ass do

Answer 11

hold retractors
assists in hemostasis and suturing
preforms things under supervision