Your assignments this week are as follows. Do your assignments and post the answers in the forum. Remember to cite your source.

At the end of the week, I’ll post a video summary.  

If your last name starts with B, A, D, E, or F

1. What causes the delay in wound healing? A. anti-Inflammatory, B. analgesic, C. DM, and poor venous circulation?
2. What is in a patient’s nursing plan of care that will be reassessed?
3. The nurse is reading the preference card for the upcoming procedure. What phase of the nursing process is this?
4. Why does anesthesia do rapid sequence induction?
5. Pt coming for laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a diagnosis of cholelithiasis. Prepare the room by a. opening instruments for cholangiogram and bile duct exploration. B. Hold both instruments for cholangiogram and bile duct exploration. C. Open cholangiogram instruments but hold instruments for bile duct exploration, D. open bile duct instruments but hold instruments for cholangiogram.

If your last name starts with C, G, I, J, or K

1. What nerve can be injured in a lithotomy position? a. Peroneal, b. Obturator, c. Tibial nerve, d. Dorsalis pedis?
2. What exactly is a TURP procedure?
3. What is the most effective indicator of sterilization? Bowie Dick, Biological indicator, chemical indicator?
4. What are the contraindications of mechanical DVT prophylaxis? 
5. What precautions are used for a patient with Hepatitis C?

If your last name starts with S, L, N, O, or P

1. You went to pick up a patient in the preop room. Pt is confused with no ID band accompanied by family in the preop waiting room. What would you do? ask preop RN and place ID band, ask family and place ID band, call the person by name and if the person responds place ID band and take them to OR, or call surgeon to verify pt. identity?
2. What acid base imbalance would you anticipate in a patient with severe hyperemesis?
3. What are the systemic effects of anaphylactic shock?
4. A patient has severe blood loss what one symptom would occur? A. hypovolemia, B. hypertensive C. Something else?
5. What to tell the surgeon when handing medication on the field. Dose or concentration?   

If your last name starts with H, Q, R, T, or U

1. Patient with DIC at risk for: A. Hypotension, B. Hypertension, C. Polyuria, D. Anuria? 
2. A trauma patient with an abdominal injury is complaining of back pain. Which is needed first? Vascular set or Blood culture,  
3. How many air exchange in the OR per hour? There were 5, 10, 20, 15.
4. Environmental cleaning what would you clean? Horizontal or vertical surfaces something about spots on wall and dust bin
5. Which non modifying factor affects wound healing? Obesity, Alcoholism, Elderly pt or something else?

If your last name starts with M, V, W, X, Y, or Z

1. Why is it significant for a surgical patient to report that they have been taking fish oil supplements for years?
2. Define sloughing vs shearing injuries. 
3. Anabolic steroid use makes you susceptible to what?
4. An enzymatic cleanser is described as what?
5. What does a bulging fontanelle in an infant mean?