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Surgical Nursing Flashcards

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What is the proper location to dock a lamb’s tail?

  • Distal to the caudal skin fold
  • Cranial to the first coccygeal vertebra
  • Midway between the base and the tip of the tail
  • Adjacent to the anus
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A “hanging prep” would be done prior to which procedure?

  • Gastrotomy
  • Femoral fracture repair
  • Anal sac removal
  • Ear cropping
A

Femoral fracture repair

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What type of dressing best helps debride a wound with extensive tissue damage?

  • gauze dressing with a water-soluble antiseptic
  • wet saline dressing
  • dry gauze
  • gauze dressing with an oily antiseptic
A

wet saline dressing

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For which of the following surgeries are stay sutures not normally necessary?

  • Gastrotomy
  • Cystotomy
  • Intestinal anastomosis
  • Hepatic biopsy
A

Hepatic biopsy

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Sterilization is the process of killing microorganisms by physical or chemical means. What is the most reliable form of sterilization?

  • radiation
  • dry heat
  • gas
  • steam under pressure
A

steam under pressure

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What technique can be used to help prevent a suture from slipping off the uterine stump?

  • stay sutures
  • transfixion
  • transfiguration
  • transitional sutures
A

transfixion

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The effectiveness of a surgical scrub of the hands and arms with a bactericidal soap depends on the?

  • scrubbing action of the brush
  • temperature of the water
  • time the soap is in contact with the skin
  • combination of contact time and scrubbing action
A

combination of contact time and scrubbing action

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used for holding back organs and tissues while accessing areas below an incision during lumbar spine procedures.

  • Army-Navy
  • Senn
  • Gelpi
  • Weitlaner
  • Balfour
A

Gelpi

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Which of the following instruments is the only one appropriate for handling tissues during surgery?

  • standard surgical scissors
  • rat-tooth forceps
  • dressing forceps
  • sponge forceps
A

rat-tooth forceps

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a self-retaining retractor used in laparotomy procedures. used for specific abdominal procedures where the abdomen needs to be held open for examination or evaluation, such as cesarean sections and bowel resection.

  • Weitlaner
  • Balfour
  • Army-Navy
  • Gelpi
  • Senn
A

Balfour

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Which of the following is an absorbable suture?

  • mersilene
  • silk
  • vicryl
  • prolene
A

vicryl

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Which is true about a post-operative cystotomy?

  • hemoglobinuria can be common for 48-72 hours
  • myoglobinuria can be common for 48-72 hours
  • hematuria can be common for 48-72 hours
  • pyuria can be common for 48-72 hours
A

hematuria can be common for 48-72 hours

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13
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Anterior drawer movement detects a problem with the

  • hock
  • stifle
  • elbow
  • hip
A

stifle

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14
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double ended retractor used in surgical procedures. One side L-shaped working end for slicing underneath wound edges and the other has three bent prongs.

  • Gelpi
  • Weitlaner
  • Balfour
  • Senn
  • Army-Navy
A

Senn

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15
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Keeping tissues moist during a surgical procedure

  • should be accomplished with 70% isopropyl alcohol
  • is important because dry tissues are less resistant to bacterial infection
  • is undesirable because wet tissue is an ideal medium for bacterial regeneration
  • is of little value
A

is important because dry tissues are less resistant to bacterial infection

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You are monitoring a cat during surgery and notice the pupils are central and dilated. The cat is

  • impossible to determine without more information
  • under the influence of atropine
  • too light
  • too deep
A

impossible to determine without more information

17
Q

The animal is to prepared for a femoral head ostectomy. What part of the body is prepped?

  • shoulder
  • lumbar spine
  • top of the head
  • hip
A

hip

18
Q

What size scalpel blade is generally used in an arthroscopy for making the stab incision into the joint because of its pointed, rather than rounded or hooked, end?

  • No. 12
  • No. 11
  • No. 10
  • No. 15
A

No. 11

19
Q

What portion of a surgical gown is considered sterile during surgery?

  • front and sides, from the neck to the bottom, including the arms
  • front, from the waist up, including the arms
  • front, from the neck to the bottom, including the arms
  • front and sides, from the waist to the neck
A

front, from the waist up, including the arms

20
Q

Over-inflation or under-inflation of the endotracheal tube cuff can result in all of the following except

  • prevention of fluid aspiration into the lungs
  • pressure necrosis of the cells lining the trachea
  • inability to keep the patient under anesthesia with the expected concentration of gas anesthetic
  • increased levels of waste gas anesthesia in the surgical room
A

prevention of fluid aspiration into the lungs

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