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NRNP 6560 MIDTERM EXAM (LATEST VERSION, 100 Q & A)
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,NRNP 6560 Midterm exam
Surgery risk classes
Correct answer- Class 1: benefits outweigh risk, should be done
Class 2a: reasonable to perform
Class 2b: should be considered Class 3:
rarely appropriate
General rules for surgery: testing
Correct answer- ECG before surgery only if coronary disease, except when low risk surgery
Stress test not indicated before surgery
Do not do prophylactic coronary revascularization
Meds before surgery
Correct answer- - Diabetic agents: Use insulin therapy to maintain glycemic goals(iii)
Discontinue biguanides, alpha glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, sulfonylureas, and
GLP-1 agonists
- Do not start aspirin before surgery
- Stop Warfarin 5 days before surgery. May be bridged with Lovenox.
- Do not stop statin before surgery
- Do not start beta-blocker on day of surgery, but may continue
Assessment of surgical risk
Correct answer- - Unstable cardiac condition (recent MI, active angina, active HF, uncontrolled
HTN, severe valvular disease), concern with CAD, CHF. arrhythmia, CVD - patient stable or
unstable?
- urgency of the procedure (oncology will be time sensitive)
- risk of procedure
- nutritional status
- immune competence
- determine functional capacity (need to be more than 4 METS, more than 10 METs makes low
risk)
Low risk surgeries Correct
answer- catarcts breast
biopsy cystoscopy,
vasectomy laporascopic
procedures
Plastic surgery
,intermediate risk surgeries
Correct answer- Head/ neck surgery
thyroidectomy
Intraperitoneal
Prostate
Laminectomy
Hip/ knee
Hysterectomy
cholecystectomy
nephrectomy
non majot intrathoracic
High risk surgeries
Correct answer- aortic/ cabg
transplants
spinal reconstruction
peripheral vascular surgery
Lee's revised cardiac ris
k index
Correct answer- 6 oints:
p
High risk surgery = 1
CAD = 1
CHF = 1
Cerebrovascular disease = 1
DM 1 on insulin = 1
Creat greater than 2 = 1
1 = low risk
2 = moderate risk
3 = high risk
SCIP pre-operative infection measures
Correctanswer- - Prophylactic antibiotics should be received within 1 h prior to surgical
incision
- be selected for activity against the most probablemicrobial
anti contaminants
- be discontinued within 24 h after the surgery end-time
Postoperative infection reduction methods
Correct answer- - pre-op hair removal (clippers)
- wash hands
- normothermia
- maintain euglycemia
- urinary catheters are to be removed within the first two postoperative days
, Osteoarthritis: what, incidence
Correct answer- Slow destruction of bones/ joint followed by production of replacement
collagen which causes inflammatory changes
- older than 60
- more female after 55
- more black than white women
- men and women equal risk between 45 - 55
- abnormal height or weight (obesity)
- repetitive movement
- prior trauma (sprains/ dislocations)
- diabetic neuropathy
- genetic
Osteoarthritis findings and diagnostics
Correct answer- - Pain in weight bearing joints
- stiffness after sitting, gets better when arising
- feeling of instability on stairs
- fine motor skills deficit
- larger affected joints
- Heberden nodules (bony bumps on the finger joint closest to the fingernail)
- Bouchard's nodules (bony bumps on the middle joint of the finger) - limited ROM with
crepitus
- xr shows narrowing of joint space (need anteroposterior and lateral knee films
bilaterally)
- synovial fluid is clear and without WBC
Osteoarthritis treatment
Correct answer- Goal is to relieve symptoms, maintain/ improve function, and avoid
drug toxicity
Hand OA:
- rest/ joint protection, with splinting
- heat/ cold therapy
- topical capsaicin
- topical NSAID (trolamine salicylate) (especially for older than 75)
- Oral NSAIDS, incl COX2 inhibitors such as celecoxib (Celebrex) (may cause cardiac problems) -
tramadol
- no opioids
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