(^492) Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified
- Monitor intake and output.
- Monitor color and amount of fluid drained from NG tube.
- Ask patient if he or she is passing any flatus rectally or having bowel move-
ment.
Quiz
- Donna is a healthy, 46-year-old female scheduled for elective surgery next
week. You would include in her preoperative preparation:
(a) a pulmonary function test and chest x-ray.
(b) a CBC, chemistry panel, and pregnancy test.
(c) urine culture, thyroid panel, and cortisol level.
(d) glucose tolerance test, ankle-brachial index, and electrocardiogram
(EKG). - Lucinda is a 37-year-old with a history of asthma who is scheduled for an
appendectomy later today. Because of her asthma, you would include as
part of her preoperative teaching her need to perform postoperatively:
(a) coughing and deep breathing exercises.
(b) leg exercises.
(c) wound dressing changes.
(d) all of the above. - Josie is the mother of a healthy 19-year-old having surgery tomorrow. After
the surgeon discusses the surgery, risks, and benefits with the patient and
her mother, the mother wants to sign the consent form. The most appropri-
ate response to this would be:
(a) Of course she can sign the consent form; after all the patient is her
daughter.
(b) No, she can’t sign the form.
(c) While you appreciate her concern for her daughter, the patient is a con-
senting adult and legally has to sign her own consent form.
(d) Why don’t both the patient and her mother sign the form?