Top Ten Questions to Consider When Studying for your Med Surg Exam
1. Describe the disease process. What are the diagnostic tests used to diagnose the
disease. What organ does it affect? Who is at risk and why?
2. What is the hallmark/classic symptoms of this disease?
3. What are the top 3 assessments that I need to do when caring for a patient that has
this condition/disease?
4. What is (are) the priority intervention(s) that I need to do when caring for this
patient?
5. What are the complications? (top 3) Which one is the most fatal?
6. What do I assess for and what are my priority interventions for the complications
that I have identified?
7. What is the most important thing that I need to teach the patient about this
disease?
8. What are the dietary implications of this disease?
9. What are the medications used to treat this disease?
10. What are the main features/important things I need to know about this disease?
(Things my teacher told me)