Vocabulary And Random

Question 1

Andragogy

Answer 1

The process of teaching adults 

Question 2

Pedagogy

Answer 2

The teaching of children, or dependent personalities 

Question 3

Which of the following actions terminates the direct perioperative nurse – patient relationship?

Answer 3

Performing the postoperative assessment or follow up telephone call 

Question 4

Several experimental studies have shown a significant decrease in surgical site infections for which class procedures when using pulsed xenon ultraviolet light systems?

Answer 4

Class 1

Question 5

Glisson capsule

Answer 5

Covering of the liver made up of dense connective tissue
External covering requiring incising during surgery of the liver 

Question 6

Perioperative teaching of preschooler

Answer 6

Need to explore and interact with their environment
Allowing them to handle the oxygen mask
Ride in the wagon to the OR 

Question 7

Bone wax

Answer 7

A hemostatic agent used to control bleeding from open bone
Creation of a mechanical tamponade barrier 

Question 8

A patient reports to the ambulatory surgery center for local anesthesia without sedation, and claims that the Surgeon gave him permission to drive himself home. The most appropriate action for the perioperative nurse is to

Answer 8

Check for an order stating that the patient may drive himself home

Question 9

Gelatin pads used for hemostasis absorb in

Answer 9

20 to 40 days

Question 10

After surgery, most complications occur within the first

Answer 10

48 hours

Question 11

Oxidized cellulose

Answer 11

A hemostatic agent
Absorbable
Contraindicated to be left in place after closure on bone (inhibits regrowth and can interfere with healing)

Question 12

Chromic sutures

Answer 12

Should be used immediately after removal from the packet
Are wet packaged in an alcohol solution to provide maximal pliability

Question 13

Potential complications for a patient taking Ginger

Answer 13

-Bradycardia
-Bleeding
-Hypotension

Question 14

Thyroid dysfunction is a potential harm from the use of povidone iodine antiseptic for

Answer 14

-Burn patients
-patient undergoing thyroidectomy
-Neonate and premature neonate
-pregnant or lactating women 

Question 15

Thyroid dysfunction is a potential harm from the use of povidone iodine antiseptic for

Answer 15

-Burn patients
-patient undergoing thyroidectomy
-Neonate and premature neonate
-pregnant or lactating women 

Question 16

Kronig incision

Answer 16

Used for a cesarean section of a baby in the breech position

Question 17

How often should there be a disaster preparedness drill?

Answer 17

 Twice a year

Question 18

A split thickness Skin graft is obtained for an auto transplantation procedure that is to occur in one week at the same facility. This best way to preserve the graft is to

Answer 18

Refrigerator tissue in normal saline

Question 19

Just culture

Answer 19

An environment where actions are analyzed to determine accountability and reparations are enacted when appropriate

Question 20

Thyroid lobectomy

Answer 20

Excision of an entire lobe 

Question 21

Tensile strength on suture

Answer 21

Smaller number= Higher tensile

Question 22

What is the purpose of colorless prep solution for donor site when prepping a patient for a skin graft?

Answer 22

To allow the surgeon, the ability to properly visualize the skin while taking the graft

Question 23

Normal albumin levels

Answer 23

3.5-5

Question 24

Standardized handoff examples

Answer 24

-SBAR
-SWITCH
-SURPASS
-IPASSTHEBATON

Question 25

Presumptive immunity

Answer 25

Immunity from vaccination or had disease
-documentation of adequate vaccination
-lab evidence of immunity
-born before 1957
-Staff with it should care for pts with droplet and airborne precautions