AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Study

AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Study Guide 2023 What is a Blunt needle point? - Correct Answer 1.This type of needle point is what you would expect to be needed for suturing friable tissue such as the liver.What are disposable stapler sets? - Correct Answer 2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide variety of instrument sizes.What is cc? - Correct Answer 3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.What is Clean contaminated? - Correct Answer 5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal hysterectomy.What is a Jackson-Pratt? - Correct Answer 4.Following an excisional breast biopsy, the circulating nurse would anticipate the need to have available this type of drain What is Lithotomy Position? - Correct Answer 6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and respiratory compromise due to pressure on the abdomen.What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury. - Correct Answer 7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is a recommended practice

for this:

What is personal protective equipment? - Correct Answer 8.An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the transmission of microorganisms to personnel when handling body fluid spills What is capacitive coupling? - Correct Answer 9.It is recommended to inspect the active electrode for insulation defects to prevent this from occurring during MIS

• use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient considerations -

Correct Answer 10. According to AORN RP for positioning the patient, the perioperative

nurse should:

What is...

• Use a consistent method of procedure-specific position for each patient
• Rely on the surgeon's and anesthesia provider's assessments to guide positioning
• use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient considerations
• Depend on the patient's natural defense mechanisms to indicate the need for

positioning alterations What is skin clips? - Correct Answer 11.The disadvantage of using this type of wound closure is because they often cause more scarring than other skin closure methods. 1 / 2

What is Self-determination? - Correct Answer 12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate decision violates a patient's ethical right to...What is situational-based error? - Correct Answer 13. This type of human factor error is responsible when a perioperative nurse is trying to attend to several tasks at once What is aseptic technique? - Correct Answer 14.Restricting pathogenic organisms from the patient, environment, equipment, and supplies is the definition of....What are draping materials? - Correct Answer The most important consideration when selecting these materials is to prevent risk of contaminating patients with endogenous and exogenous microorganisms; and risk of exposing healthcare workers to patient's blood and body fluids What is Phase II? - Correct Answer 16.Patient and caregiver education for continuing post-op care at home is the primary focus of this Phase of post anesthesia care.What are Healthcare organizations? - Correct Answer 17.According to the Institute of medicine recommendations for improving patient safety, this organization has the greatest potential impact to make changes on improving pt safety

• The scrub gown should be fastened in the back before donning gloves - Correct

Answer 18. This statement about gloving technique is true What is...

• When gloving another person, always glove the left hand first.
• The scrub gown should be fastened in the back before donning gloves
• Open glove technique is used for initial donning of the sterile gown and gloves.
• Closed glove technique is used to glove the surgeon or assistant.

What is fuel source? - Correct Answer 19. Draping material is this source in the fire triangle? (fuel, ignition, oxidizer) What is place it in a designated neutral zone with a verbal cue - Correct Answer 20. The

safest way to pass a cutting instrument to a surgeon is:

What is Trendelenberg? - Correct Answer 21. To place a patient safely in this particular position the knees are over the break in the procedure bed to allow for knee flexion.

• to permit aseptic delivery of contents to the sterile field - Correct Answer 22. A

packaging system for items undergoing sterilization should possess this characteristic: What is....

• Made of only disposable materials
• to permit aseptic delivery of contents to the sterile field
• Maintain sterility of the items for a specified length of time.
• Compatible with all sterilization processes
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