Perioperative nursing

Question 1

What is preoperative care for?

Answer 1

Identify risk factors
Plan care
ensure safety through the surgical experience
– Teaching
– Communication of findings

Question 2

What are some surgical risk factors?

Answer 2

• FLuid and electrolyte imbalance
  -Postoperative nausea and vomiting PONV ( F )
  -Postoperative urinary retention POUR
• Venous thromboembolism VTE

Question 3

What is part of the preoperative care physical assessment

Answer 3

VS
Head to toe assessment
Lab test
Coagulation
INFORMED CONSENT

Question 4

What are the 3 types of consent?

Answer 4

Surgical consent
anesthesia consent and
blood product consent

Question 5

What is hypnosis in general anesthesia?

Answer 5

Uses hypnosis to induce a state of altered conscious preventing pain and anxiety

Question 6

What is analgesia in general anesthesia

Answer 6

Analgesia is the loss of pain without loss of consciousness

Question 7

What is amnesia in an anesthesia?

Answer 7

one of the side effects of anesthesia is amnesia or loss of memeory

Question 8

What are early signs of malignant hyperthermia

Answer 8

tachypnea, tachycardia, heart arrhythmias