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NURS2025 WEEK 6 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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NURS2025 WEEK 6 EXAMSTUDY GUIDE
Post-Op Handover (4) - Answer ANAESTHETIST
- Anaesthetist hands over info about anaesthetic & drugs that were given for GA
NURSE
- Wounds, dressings, intra-op events etc.
Recovery Room (6) - Answer - Airway, Breathing, Circulation
- Pain management
- Relief of nausea & vomiting
- Conscious State
- Wound assessment
- Drainage systems
Airway (4) - Answer - ETT removed in OT by anaesthetist
- LMA removed in OT or PACU by nurse
- Airway support as required in PACU (Guedel (oral), Nasopharyngeal airway (nasal),
Jaw support /thrust)
- Suction available & close at hand
Airway Complications (7) - Answer - Tongue falling back
- Laryngeal oedema
- Retained thick secretions
LARYNGOSPASM
- Partial or complete closure of vocal cords
BRONCHOSPASM
- Contraction of smooth muscle in walls of bronchi & bronchioles, causing narrowing of
lumen
ATELECTASIS
, - Partial collapse of lung when mucus obstructs bronchus
ASPIRATION
- Gastric contents moves into lungs
Breathing (3) - Answer - Look, listen, feel
- Respirations counted & recorded
- Ease of respirations
Failure to Breathe (4) - Answer - Obstruction of airway
- Ongoing sedation from narcotics/anaesthetic agent
- Persistent muscle relaxant
- Circulatory failure leading to respiratory arrest
Conscious State (4) - Answer - Verbal or tactile stimulation
- Able to lift head off pillow
- Orientated to time, place, person
- Ability to follow commands
Circulation (2) - Answer - Full set of obs every 10 mins
- Pulse, Perfusion, BP, NVO
Pain Management (4) - Answer - Epidural
- PCA (patient controlled analgesia)
- NCA (nurse controlled analgesia)
- Nerve Block
Pain Assessment (5) - Answer - Subjective - differs between patients
- Considerations for special populations
- Assess verbal & nonverbal cues
- Provide comfort measures
- Assess effect & record outcome of comfort measures used
Referred Pain (2) - Answer - Pain felt in 1 part of body caused by pain or injury in another
part
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