NSG123 | NSG 123 Medical Surgical
Nursing Exam 1 | Questions and Answers
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Who can be a scrub nurse?
- Correct Answer - RN
LPN
Surgical Tech
What are some of the roles of registered nurse first assistant (RNFA)
- Correct Answer - RNFA practices under the direct supervision of the
surgeon. RNFA responsibilities may include handling tissue, providing
exposure at the operative field, suturing, and maintaining hemostasis
What are scrub nurse roles?
- Correct Answer - Including performing hand hygiene; setting up the
sterile equipment, tables and sterile field; preparing sutures, ligatures,
and special equipment (e.g., a laparoscope, assisting the surgeon and
the surgical assistants during the procedure by anticipating the
instruments and supplies that will be required, such as sponges, drains,
and other equipment.The scrub person and the circulating nurse count
all needles, sponges, and instruments to be sure that they are
accounted for and not retained as a foreign body in the patient. Labelling
tissues specimen .
T/F
, The circulating nurse is responsible for monitoring the surgical team and
verifying the correct surgical site has been identified by the surgeon and
documented?.
- Correct Answer - True
Main Types of Anesthesia
- Correct Answer - Regional anesthesia (epidural, spinal, and local
conduction blocks).
Moderate sedation (monitored anesthesia care [MAC]),
Local anesthesia
General anesthesia (inhalation, IV).
What is malignant hyperthermia?
- Correct Answer - A rare inherited muscle disorder that is chemically
induced by anesthetic agent
Can happen up to 24 hour after surgery
Pathophysiology of Malignant Hyperthermia
- Correct Answer - malignant hyperthermia is related to a
hypermetabolic condition that involves altered mechanisms of calcium
function in skeletal muscle cells.
Clinical Manifestations of Malignant Hyperthermia
- Correct Answer - Tachycardia (heart rate greater than 150 bpm) may
be an early sign. Rigidity in the client jaw due to abnormal calcium
transport.
Ventricular dysrhythmia, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, oliguria,
and, later, cardiac arrest
Rise in temperature is a late sign.
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