VTNE review- Surgical Nursing

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Cleaning of surgical instruments before sterilization:

  • Must be performed carefully because many methods of sterilization do not work in the presence of organic material

  • Is done only if there is time

  • Only must be done to obviously dirty instruments 

  • Is not necessary if proper sterilization practices are followed

Must be performed carefully because many methods of sterilization do not work in the presence of organic material

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Surgical instruments should be:

  • Lubricated with oil between uses 

  • Cleaned without water to avoid the possibility of rusting 

  • Placed on surfaces, never dropped or thrown 

  • Cleaned with abrasive cleaners 

Placed on surfaces, never dropped or thrown 

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When cleaning instruments, they should first be soaked in a surgical soap solution (e.g. Endozime) to:

  • Remove bacteria

  • Remove blood

  • Sterilize them 

  • Enhance the effect of the ultrasonic cleaner

  • remove blood

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Which of the following instruments is most suitable for the removal of bone to perform spinal surgery?

  • Rongeurs

  • Curette

  • Periosteal elevator

  • Trephine

Rongeur

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Which of the following forceps should not be used to hold the edges of the incision open?

  • Rat tooth

  • Brown Adson

  • Crile

  • Allis tooth

Crile

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Which of the following statements about electrocautery is false?

  • If the patient is not properly grounded, the surgeon may get shocked

  • The intensity of the current passed through the unit is adjustable

  • Small bleeding vessels are sealed with a controlled electrical current that burns the bleeding end

  • All portions of the electrocautery unit can and should be sterilized

  • All portions of the electrocautery unit can and should be sterilized

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Staples and other metal clips

  • can be used on infected wounds

  • cause little scarring

  • can be removed easily using scissors

  • can be applied by hand without any special application device

  • can be used on infected wounds

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Which of the following is not the formal name of a retractor?

  • Finochietto

  • Gelpi

  • Lambert

  • Balfour

Lambert

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Which of the following instruments is appropriate for handling tissues during surgery?

  • Dressing forceps

  • standard surgical scissors

  • sponge forceps

  • rat tooth forceps

rat tooth

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Emasculators are used:

  • In large animal castrations 

  • During surgical ovariectomies in heifers and mares

  • During enucleations in large breed dogs

  • To perform tail docking in lambs

In large animal castrations 

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<p><span>You are going to assist with a patella surgery and are asked to use this instrument (see image). What instrument is this?</span></p><ul><li><p>Balfour retrctor </p></li><li><p>Senn Rake retractor </p></li><li><p>Gelpi retractor </p></li><li><p>Army navy retrctor </p></li></ul><p></p>

You are going to assist with a patella surgery and are asked to use this instrument (see image). What instrument is this?

  • Balfour retrctor

  • Senn Rake retractor

  • Gelpi retractor

  • Army navy retrctor

Senn Rake

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What parameter(s) do/does the pulse oximeter measure?

  • heart rate only

  • Respiration rate and depth

  • Respiration rate and heart rate

  • Oxygen saturation of hemoglobin and heart rate

Oxygen saturation of hemoglobin and heart rate

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External fixation devices include all of the following, except:

  • Cast

  • splint

  • bone plate

  • K-E apparatus

bone plate

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Instruments are autoclaved:

  • With the ratchets closed to prevent tearing the wrap material 

  • With the ratchets open to allow steam exposure to the entire surface

  • Always in a surgical tray to prevent the instruments from shifting

  • Without touching any other instruments to prevent corrosion

With the ratchets open to allow steam exposure to the entire surface

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Which of the following hemostatic forceps has striations different from the others?

  • Halstead mosquitoes

  • Crile

  • Rochester Penas

  • Rochester Carmalts

  • Rochester Carmalts

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Which of the following does not describe a type of surgical scissors?

  • Mayo

  • Metzenbaum

  • Iris

  • Lembert

Lembert