NURS 6560 Midterm Study Guide – Exam Questions and Answers

NURS 6560 Midterm Study Guide – Exam Questions and Answers

NURS 6560 – Mid-Term Review:

Pre and Post-Operative Management:

  • What is pre-operative process and why is it necessary?
  • What are the components and testing necessary in the pre-operative process?
  • What is the pre-operative management of the diabetic patient?
  • Review common surgical complications and risks
  • Identify Low risk vs. high risk procedures according the ACS.
  • Review the NSQIP guidelines for geriatric patients
  • Identify surgical complication risks as per ACS/NSQIP in chronic diseases
  • Review ACCF/AHA antiplatelet therapy guidelines
  • Post-op fevers – early vs. late (more than 24 hours post-op) – Review how to assess and manage post-op fever
  • Post op wound assessment
  • Ordering post-operative pain medications
  • TPN management with electrolytes
  • Fluid and electrolyte management in the post-op period
  • Reading/interpreting chemistry panels;
  • Review the obesity paradox

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HEENT/GI:

  • Review risk factors for throat cancers
  • Foreign Body removal risks and workup
  • Vertigo differentials and diagnosis;
  • Cholesteatoma
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Ludwig’s angina
  • Sialadentitis
  • Common Infections of head and neck
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Thyroid disease and parathyroid disorders
  • GERD
  • Esophagitis
  • Esophageal achalasia
  • Pharyngoesophageal (Zenker) diverticulum
  • Esophageal motility disorders
  • Barrett’s esophagus
  • Nutcracker esophagus;
  • Esophageal carcinoma
  • Esophageal perforation
  • Gastroparesis;
  • Hernias

NURS 6560 Midterm Study Guide – Exam Questions and Answers

CV:

  • CAD risks, etiology, prevention, treatment, diagnostics, and pathology
  • Endocarditis
  • Unstable angina
  • Valvular disorders – identification of murmurs, treatment and complications
  • CABG – options and complications; dysrhythmias; pulmonary edema;
  • Marfan’s syndrome
  • Thoracic aneurysms – diagnosis, treatment and complications
  • Heart transplant – indications and treatments
  • Normal carotid endarterectomy course, management after surgery, and writing post-op notes

NURS 6560 Midterm Study Guide – Exam Questions and Answers

Pulmonary:

  • VATS
  • Thoracentesis
  • Lung biopsies
  • Tietze syndrome
  • Empyema;
  • Pneumothorax;
  • Mediastinitis
  • Broncholithiasis
  • TB test interpretation and limitations;
  • All types of pneumonia;
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Lung cancer post op complications
  • PE

 

Shock:

  • Hypovolemic shock
  • Cardiogenic Shock
  • Obstructive Shock (especially in PE)
  • Distributive Shock (neurogenic and septic shock)
  • Focus on the diagnosis and treatment of different types of Shock
  • Pulmonary Artery Catheter – normal and abnormal pressures
  • ACLS standards/guidelines for treating Shock

NURS 6560 Midterm Study Guide – Exam Questions and Answers

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