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NSG123/ NSG 123 Exam 1: (New 2024/ 2025
Update) Med Surg 1 Review| Questions and
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| All Units
Covered| A Grade – Herzing

QUESTION
What is the nurse's role for informed consent?


Answer:
- clarify facts presented by the physician
- witness signature



QUESTION
If a patient cannot explain the procedure, what should the nurse do?


Answer:
have the doctor return and explain the procedure again



QUESTION
If a patient is supposed to be NPO but reports eating breakfast, what should the nurse do?


Answer:
- ask what the patient ate and when it was eaten
- after assessment of patient, call provider to discuss



QUESTION
circulating nurse roles


Answer:

,- manages patient care in the OR
- protects the patient's safety and health needs
- performs all security checks (correct surgery, correct limb)



QUESTION
types of anesthesia


Answer:
Unconscious:
- general (inhalation or IV, unable to maintain airway function, requires LMA or intubation)
- moderate sedation (IV, patient able to maintain airway)
- monitored anesthesia care

Conscious:
- local (injected at site of surgery)
- epidural (in the dura around the spinal cord)
- spinal (in the subarachnoid space of the spinal cord)



QUESTION
adverse effects of anesthesia


Answer:
- allergic reactions
- drug toxicity or reactions
- malignant hyperthermia
- cardiac dysrhythmias
- CNS changes
- oversedation (especially in elderly)
- undersedation
- trauma (laryngeal, oral, nerve, skin)
- hypotension
- thrombosis



QUESTION
malignant hyperthermia

, Answer:
- genetic reaction to anesthetic gas
- rapidly increased temperature, HR, and RR
- severe muscle spasms (jaw contracts)
- massive calcium level shifts
- Dantrolene IV is the only antidote



QUESTION
Within how many hours must patient urinate after surgery?


Answer:
6-8



QUESTION
3 zones of the surgical environment


Answer:
- unrestricted (street clothes allowed)
- semi-restricted (scrub clothes and cap)
- restricted (scrub clothes, shoe covers, caps, masks)



QUESTION
3 phases of post-anesthesia care


Answer:
- phase I: immediate moment of leaving OR to PACU
- phase II: recovering in PACU
- phase III: time from leaving the PACU to either home or medical unit all the way to follow-up
appointment



QUESTION
responsibilities of PACU nurse

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