Road to the prize: 1. Generalities (Adult Nursing 22/23)

What type of nursing does the following definition refer to?:

"Attention of people who reached maturity in every dimension, express to be at risk and require comprehensive professional care."

• Medical Surgical Nursing

• Adult Nursing

• Adult Clinical Nursing

• All the answers are incorrect

Regarding the historical, current, and future context of surgical nursing, indicate the correct answer:

• In the 18th-19th centuries, there was a flourishing of anatomists who promoted the study of the human body and contributed to the development of surgery

• Albucasis was the most notable figure in the Arab period, who made numerous advances in ophthalmological interventions (VIII-XV)

• A and B are correct

• A and B are incorrect

Which suffix corresponds to the meaning: "surgical closure"?

• -pexy

• -tomy

• -taxis

• -rraphy

Answer explanation

In the immediate POSTOPERATIVE moment, what nursing intervention is the most important?

• Dressing the patient

• Monitoring the patient

• Socio-demographic data collection

• Interviewing the patient

Which of the following is a recommendation for suturing?

• Intermittent suture with single stitches is not recommended.

• All knots should not be on the same side.

• Join borders without excessive tension.

• Leave two equal ends when cutting the suture.

What instrument is used at the surgical moment of dissection?

• Drills

• Curetas

• Backhaus pliers

• Kocher pliers

If we have a wound's whitish, moist, and irritated edges, we can say that they are...

A woman comes to the Urgency ward with a wound of irregular edges and serosanguinous exudate. She tells the nurse that she was hanging a painting and she hit herself with a hammer. Which type of wound is this one?

• Incised (incisas)

• Tear (desgarro)

• Laceration (laceración)

• Bruised (contusa)

A home nurse attends wound care at an older patient´s home. The older patient has an ulcer located on the sacrum bone. The ulcer penetrated the dermis, has slough, tunneling, and is accompanied by edema and severe pain. At what stage is it?

• Stage IV

• Stage III

• Stage II

• Stage I

In a wound with clear signs of infection and harm in adjacent areas no more than 2 cm apart, we can confirm that it is at the following stage of contamination:

• Critical colonization

• Local wound infection

• Wound infection

• Colonization