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

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 is the incision site for an appendectomy? What are early s/s of MH?
2. What does hypothermia in the PACU do to the patient’s VS?
3. Spaulding classification for bronchoscope?
4. If your patient is hypoventilating what would you expect the pH and CO2 to look like on the ABG?
5. Prepping an ear for Otoplasty, what prep do you use? A. Povidone Iodine B. CHG C. Hydrogen peroxide

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

1. A supraphrenic cyst is found intraop. How do you clean the room after surgery?
2. How often are disaster drills done?
3. Why does the obturator go with the trach patient after surgery to the post op unit?
4. Where are endoscopes stored?
5. 68 y.o. male healthy patient at outpatient surgery center getting herniorrhaphy, periop nurse should expect which local to be for post-op management (1% lido, bupivacaine with epi 0.5%, mepivacaine 1% with epi, etc.) 

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

1. How is a cytology specimen sent to pathology?
2. What are the early s/s of LAST?
3. If somebody is on Droplet precautions, would Standard Precautions still apply?
4. There is a gross spillage of bowel contents during a colon resection. What is the wound class. The word, not the number
5. What are the positioning risk factors for a thoracotomy? 

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

1. What does a Bowie Dick test do?
2. What is Virchow’s Triad?
3. What is the definition of Evidence Based Practice (EBP)?
4. What electrolytes are affected by the parathyroid?
5. What is the reversal for Versed (Midazolam)?

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

1. What part of the gown is considered sterile?
2. What does anesthesia need for Nissan Fundoplication? A. Bougie, B. McGill forceps C. Nasal airway?
3. Can patient hand off communication be faxed?
4. The anesthesiologist has inserted a subclavian central line and an arterial line. The patient starts having increased work in breathing and decreased oxygen saturation. What likely happened to the patient? (MI, pneumothorax, something else X2).
5. What packaging is used with Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers?