Complete the Study Guide listed. 1. What are emergent, urgent, and elective surgeries 2. What are palliative, cosmetic, reconstructive, curative, etc surgeries
3. What discharge instructions would you give a patient leaving the hospital after surgery? (appointment times, dressing changes, etc)
4. S/S PE 5. What can anxiety do to a surgical patient
6. S/S paralytic ileus
7. What are the most vulnerable patients
8. Who can take meds pre-op with a small sip of water 9. What is atelectasis
10. Know the ABCs of post-operative care
11. When a patient says he/she has an allergic rxn, what should you ask
12. Who is in the best condition for surgery (25 y/o w DM and HTN, 75 y/o athlete, 2 y/o healthy child)
13. what is surgical asepsis
14. contra indications for cough, turn, deep breath
15. when wouldn’t you massage a patients legs