NUR 337 Susan Patton Prep Questions Answered 100% Correct.
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NUR 337
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NUR 337
An overweight patient is scheduled for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy at an outpatient surgery setting. What is the nurse's priority client teaching focus for this procedure?
a. surgery will involve multiple small incisions.
b. this setting is not appropriate for this procedure.
c. the patient ...
NUR 337 Susan Patton Prep Questions
Answered 100% Correct.
An overweight patient is scheduled for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy at an outpatient surgery setting.
What is the nurse's priority client teaching focus for this procedure?
a. surgery will involve multiple small incisions.
b. this setting is not appropriate for this procedure.
c. the patient will need special preparation because of obesity.
d. surgery will involve removing a portion of the liver. - Answer a. surgery will involve multiple small
incisions
What is the definition of cholelithiasis?
a. stones in the gallbladder
b. liver bypass inflammation
c. kidney stones
d. inflammation of the gallbladder - Answer a. stones in the gallbladder
A priority nursing intervention to assist a preoperative patient in coping with fear of postoperative pain
would be to:
a. describe the type of pain expected with the patient's particular surgery.
b. teach the patient to use guided imagery to help manage pain.
c. inform the patient that pain medication will be available.
d. explain the pain management plan, including the use of a pain rating scale. - Answer d. explain the
pain management plan, including the use of a pain rating scale.
A patient who normally takes 40 units of glargine insulin (long acting) at bedtime asks the nurse what to
do about her dose the night before surgery. The best response would be to have her:
a. skip her insulin altogether the night before surgery.
b. eat a moderate meal before bedtime and then take half her usual insulin dose.
c. take her usual dose at bedtime and eat a light breakfast in the morning.
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