MEDICAL SURGICAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS LATEST 2023

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MEDICAL SURGICAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS LATEST 2023 SAS 1 1. As a nurse, what is the importance of a thorough preoperative assessment? A. To identify and correct problems before surgery and ... establish a baseline for postoperative comparison 2. Before administering preoperative medication to a client, nurse Jonalyn should plan to: A. Verify the consent 3. A client with Cataract is about to undergo surgery. Nurse Princess is preparing plan of care. Which of the following nursing diagnosis is most appropriate to address the long term need of this type of patient? B. Sensory perceptual alteration related to lens extraction and replacement 4. On the morning of Mrs. Sy’s planned cholecystectomy, she awakens with a pain in her right scapular area and thinks she slept in poor position. While doing the pre-op check list you note that on her routine CB report her WBC is 15,000. Your responsibility at this point is: A. To notify the surgeon at once; this is an elevated WBC indicating an inflammatory reaction 5. Mrs. Sy is scheduled for surgery 2 days later and is to be given atropine 0.3 mg IM and Demerol 50 mg IM one hour preoperatively. Which nursing actions follow the giving of the pre-op medication? B. Allow her family to be with her before the medication takes effect 6. A patient is admitted to the same day surgery unit for liver biopsy. Which of the following laboratory tests assesses coagulation? SATA. A. Partial thromboplastin time. B. Prothrombin time. C. Platelet count. 7. A client with a perforated gastric ulcer is scheduled for emergency surgery. The client cannot sign the operative consent form because he has been sedated with opioid analgesics. The nurse should take which of the following actions in the care of this client? [Show More]

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