Unit 1 Exam

Question 1

What does the Perioperative Period include?

Answer 1

preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases

Question 2

What does Perioperative Period Mean?

Answer 2

includes the time from the decision to have surgery through to the recovery phase.

Question 3

What are the different categories of surgery

Answer 3

elective, urgent, emergent, palliative, reconstructive, curative, diagnostic

Question 4

What are the different types of surgeries

Answer 4

major minor, same day surgery , minimally invasive, keyhole, lasers, robotics,

Question 5

Types of surgical people?

Answer 5

Surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurse anesthetist, surgical technician, scrub nurse, circulating nurse

Question 6

What does lysis mean?

Answer 6

destruction.

Question 7

What does -ectomy mean?

Answer 7

surgical removal of a specified part of the body

Question 8

What does -ostomy mean?

Answer 8

artificial opening in an organ of the body.

Question 9

What does -plasty mean?

Answer 9

molding, grafting or formation of a specified part of the body

Question 10

What does -orrhaphy mean

Answer 10

conditions requiring medical but not surgical treatment

Question 11

What does I & D mean?

Answer 11

incision and drainage of a wound

Question 12

What does autoclave mean?

Answer 12

steam sterilizers typically used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms off of equipment and instruments.

Question 13

What does -stasis mean?

Answer 13

period or state of inactivity or equilibrium

Question 14

What does biopsy mean?

Answer 14

examination of tissue removed from the body to discover the presence ,cause or extent of a disease.

Question 15

What does cautery mean?

Answer 15

the act of cauterizing to burn sear or destroy tissue to stop bleeding and seal the wound.

Question 16

What does hemostats mean?

Answer 16

an instrument to prevent the flow of blood from an open blood vessel by compression of the vessel.

Question 17

What does ligate mean?

Answer 17

tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature to prevent bleeding during surgery.

Question 18

what does incision mean?

Answer 18

cut or wound of body tissue made during surgery. Act of incising something

Question 19

How do you know what PPEs to use?

Answer 19

Isolation precautions signs at rooms or in the safety data sheets when a spill has happened.

Question 20

What does disinfection do?

Answer 20

eliminates most harmful microorganisms

Question 21

What sterilization do?

Answer 21

kills all microorganisms and their spores

Question 22

What are the different methods of sterilization?

Answer 22

steam under pressure (autoclave), dry heat, chemicals, radiation

Question 23

Types of isolation

Answer 23

airborne, droplet, contact, reverse

Question 24

What is a nosocomial infection?

Answer 24

contracted because of an infection or toxin that exists in a certain location such as a hospital

Question 25

What is the difference between HAI and CAI

Answer 25

HAI hospital acquired infection, acquired in a hospital or healthcare facility, CAI community acquired infection, outside of a healthcare setting.

Question 26

What are the common sites for a nosocomial infection?

Answer 26

urinary tract, respiratory, surgical site wounds, gastrointestinal and skin

Question 27

Who are high risk patients for nosocomial infections?

Answer 27

all hospitalized patients are susceptible. Those at greater risk include young children, elderly and persons with compromised immune systems.

Question 28

Why do nosocomial infections occur in hospitals?

Answer 28

Patients in a hospital are more susceptible to these infections because they are ill and their immune system is already decreased, additionally those with indwelling catheters are at an increased risk as well as those with surgical wounds.

Question 29

What are the microorganisms responsible for nosocomial infections?

Answer 29

Staph aureus, e-coli, VRE, MRSA, c-diff, HIV, Hepatitis

Question 30

Why do nosocomial infections occur in hospitals?

Answer 30

Patients in a hospital are more susceptible to these infections because they are ill and their immune system is already decreased, additionally those with indwelling catheters are at an increased risk as well as those with surgical wounds. Patients are commonly on antibiotics as well which could increase their risk for c-diff.