Exam VI: Perioperative Nursing

a method and technique of making potentially uncomfortable interventions tolerable and safe

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a method and technique of making potentially uncomfortable interventions tolerable and safe

collapse of lung

separation of the layers of a surgical wound

protusion of viscera through an incision

to insert a tube into a hollow organ or body passage

nonmechanical obstruction of the bowel from paralysis of the bowel wall, usually as a result of localized or generalized periotonitis or shock

paralytic ileus

method of controlling pain that involes an infusion pump that holds a vial of an IV analgesic that the patient controls and self-administers in small doses

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)

postanesthesia care unit (PACU)

the process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing

Famotidine/Pepcid

Pre-op antacids: H-2 receptor antagonist
- Healing and prevention of ulcers.
- ↓ symptoms of gastroesphageal reflux.
- ↓secretion of gastric acid.