Author Question: The nurse is assisting the physician with the insertion of a new tracheostomy tube. The physician ... (Read 94 times)

madam-professor · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is assisting the physician with the insertion of a new tracheostomy tube. The physician asks for the obturator. The nurse correctly hands the physician which device?

a. The guide for the tracheostomy tube to be inserted
b. The scalpel used to make the tracheostomy stoma
c. A single-cannula tracheostomy tube
d. A cuffed tracheostomy tube

Question 2

After a fall on a bicycle, a 15-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department complaining of nausea and sudden and acute scrotal pain. There is an absence of the cremasteric reflex. Which problem does the nurse suspect?

a. Hydrocele
b. Varicocele
c. Prostatitis
d. Testicular torsion

Sassygurl126 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
The obturator is used during insertion of a tracheostomy tube as a guide to protect against scrap-ing the sides of the trachea with the sharp edge of the tube.

Answer to Question 2

D
Torsion of the testicle often occurs after trauma and manifests in acute scrotal pain, absence of the cremasteric reflex, and nausea/vomiting. A hydrocele (fluid accumulation in the scrotum) is usually painless and causes scrotal enlargement. A variocele is a painful swelling that results when tributary vessels of the spermatic vein dilate and clump. Prostatitis, or inflammation of the prostate, occurs from an infectious agent or other causes. Symptoms include recurrent urinary infection, pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction and are often mistaken for benign prostatic hyper-plasia (BPH).