Deck 3: The Surgical Patient

Question 1

Human needs can be classified into a hierarchy, which can help us prioritize. This was developed by _________________.

Answer 1

Maslow

Question 2

The adaption model regarding the patient's responses to illnesses was developed by __________________.

Answer 2

Sister Roy

Question 3

___________________developed the five stages of grief, which can help us understand how people cope with the grief of loss, including death.

Answer 3

Kübler-Ross

Question 4

The ________________Act requires medical facilities to inform patients of their right to choose the type and extent of their medical care.

Question 5

____________,__________ , and____________ can be recovered from a patient who has been declared dead and is not on life support with the assistance of the Gift of Life coordinator.

Question 6

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-A 9-year-old reacts to your attempts to take him to the OR by clinging to his mother and crying. What coping mechanism is he exhibiting?

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 7

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-As the patient is taken to the OR, he becomes very distressed, crying and clinging to his mother, which is typical for this age group.

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 8

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-His immediate response is to say, ''No way, there isn't any history of cancer in my family.''

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 9

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-Kübler-Ross identifies five stages of grief; this process may not occur with everyone, but hopefully everyone eventually reaches this stage.

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 10

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-The patient is concerned about his body and seeks privacy, which is typical for his age group.

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 11

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-The patient reports loss of appetite, loss of weight, digestive disturbances, and an increase in blood pressure and heart rate. Later it is noted that there is a delay in healing.

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 12

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-The patient's human behavior during a hospital admission is described by Sister Callista Roy as the patient's adaptation to the stress of change. This is called a ____.

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 13

Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.

-This type of care provides relief or improves the quality of life.

A) Adolescent
B) Acceptance
C) Coping mechanism
D) Denial
E) Palliative
F) Regression
G) Stress causing a release of adrenocortical hormones.
H) Toddler

Question 14

Advance directives are very important so that an easy death as described by the patient's wishes can be accomplished. It is not uncommon for a patient to have a DNR/DNI order. Describe what should happen when there is a death in the OR during a procedure

Question 15

Describe the difference between DCD (donation after cardiac death) and whole-brain death for organ transplantation.

Question 16

Describe Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Which stage is addressed during surgery?