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
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