CNOR EXAM PREPARATION Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested) and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors
A. Male patients 25-40
B. Bariatric patients
C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy
D. Pediatric patients - Precise Answer ✔✔D. Pediatric patients
The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff communication review
the need for
A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right person on time
B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care
C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfer to the postanesthesia care unit
D. Conducting a daily huddle on the unit - Precise Answer ✔✔A, ensuring important
test results are communicated to the right person on time
Which of the following is a potential contraindication to the use of a pneumatic
tourniquet?
A. Pt has undergone prev joint replacement surgery
B. Pt is older than 80 years old
C. Pt has sickle cell anemia
D. Pt's operative extremity has been shaved - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Sickle cell
anemia
Which of the following is part of the surgical check list
A. When the pt last ate food or drank fluids
B. whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be needed
C. Whom the surgeon should talk to after surgery
D. What pharmacy the patient uses - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Whether any special
equipment, devices or implants will be needed
A pt taking ginger preoperatively is at risk for surgical complications that
include bleeding, hypotension and A. hypoglycemia
B. Bradycardia
C. hypokalemia
D. liver dysfunction - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Bradycardia
,A patient is on long term acetyl salicylic acid therapy. Preoperatively, the pt should
be counselled to discontinue taking the medication _________ prior to surgery
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 4 weeks - Precise Answer ✔✔B. 2 weeks
A pt-specific risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is
A. a prev hx of stroke
B. duration of surgery
C. intraoperative position
D. use of a pneumatic tourniquet - Precise Answer ✔✔A. previous history of stroke
Actively warming surgical patients with forced air to prevent hypothermia should
begin
A. as soon as the patient enters the OR or procedure room
B. In the recovery room
C. in the preoperative holding area
D. just before the surgeon makes the incision - Precise Answer ✔✔C. in the
preoperative holding area
Which of the following indicators demonstrates a patient who is at increased risk of
developing a pressure ulcer during a surgical procedure
A. Aged 50 or older
B. Hx of recent gallbladder surgery
C. Female
D. Poor preoperative nutritional status - Precise Answer ✔✔D. Poor preoperative
nutritional status
Based on data collected during the patient assessment, the perioperative RN
A. identifies an outcome
B. Formulates a nursing diagnosis
C. develops a plan of care
D. performs nursing interventions - Precise Answer ✔✔B. formulates a nursing
diagnosis
Liquid peracetic acid low-temperature sterilant is used for devices that meet all of
the following criteria except:
A. Device must be approved for this process
B. Device must be heat sensitive
C. Device must be aerated
D. Device must be immersed - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Device must be aerated
During surgery the patients respirations become increasingly shallow, and the pupils
become smaller and smaller until they are pinpoint. How should this situation be
managed?
A. The patient should be extubated and bagged with 100% oxygen
, B. This is normal and is not cause for alarm
C. The anesthetic should be discontinued, and a narcotic antagonist such as
naloxone (Narcan) should be administered
D. Oxygen should be increased while anesthetic is decreased - Precise Answer ✔✔C.
The anesthetic should be discontinued, and a narcotic antagonist such as
naloxone (Narcan) should be administered
NPO Guidelines:
Food and fluids as desired - Precise Answer ✔✔Up to 8 hours
NPO Guidelines
Light meal (toast, clear liquids, infant formula, non human milk) - Precise Answer
✔✔Up to 6 hours
NPO Guidelines
Breast Milk - Precise Answer ✔✔Up to 4 hours
NPO Guidelines
Clear liquids only, NO solid food or foods with fat content - Precise Answer ✔✔Up to
2 hours
NPO Guidelines
No solids or liquids - Precise Answer ✔✔During the 2 hours until surgical times
After a person with an airborne disease has been cared for in the OR, the OR should
be closed and not cleaned until.. - Precise Answer ✔✔99% of the airborne particles
have been removed from the air (eg 15 air exchanges/hour for 28 minutes)
Airborne precautions are instated for pathogens that are how big? - Precise Answer
✔✔Small, 5 micrometers or less and can therefore can stay suspended in the air.
Which precaution has pathogens greater than 5 micrometers in size - Precise
Answer ✔✔Droplet
What diseases are present for Contact precautions - Precise Answer ✔✔HIV
HEP B
HEP C
Staph aureus
C-Diff
What Herbs may increase bleeding - Precise Answer ✔✔Feverfew
Garlic
Ginger
Ginko Biloba
Ginseng
Vitamin E
Questions (Frequently Tested) and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors
A. Male patients 25-40
B. Bariatric patients
C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy
D. Pediatric patients - Precise Answer ✔✔D. Pediatric patients
The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff communication review
the need for
A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right person on time
B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care
C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfer to the postanesthesia care unit
D. Conducting a daily huddle on the unit - Precise Answer ✔✔A, ensuring important
test results are communicated to the right person on time
Which of the following is a potential contraindication to the use of a pneumatic
tourniquet?
A. Pt has undergone prev joint replacement surgery
B. Pt is older than 80 years old
C. Pt has sickle cell anemia
D. Pt's operative extremity has been shaved - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Sickle cell
anemia
Which of the following is part of the surgical check list
A. When the pt last ate food or drank fluids
B. whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be needed
C. Whom the surgeon should talk to after surgery
D. What pharmacy the patient uses - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Whether any special
equipment, devices or implants will be needed
A pt taking ginger preoperatively is at risk for surgical complications that
include bleeding, hypotension and A. hypoglycemia
B. Bradycardia
C. hypokalemia
D. liver dysfunction - Precise Answer ✔✔B. Bradycardia
,A patient is on long term acetyl salicylic acid therapy. Preoperatively, the pt should
be counselled to discontinue taking the medication _________ prior to surgery
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 4 weeks - Precise Answer ✔✔B. 2 weeks
A pt-specific risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is
A. a prev hx of stroke
B. duration of surgery
C. intraoperative position
D. use of a pneumatic tourniquet - Precise Answer ✔✔A. previous history of stroke
Actively warming surgical patients with forced air to prevent hypothermia should
begin
A. as soon as the patient enters the OR or procedure room
B. In the recovery room
C. in the preoperative holding area
D. just before the surgeon makes the incision - Precise Answer ✔✔C. in the
preoperative holding area
Which of the following indicators demonstrates a patient who is at increased risk of
developing a pressure ulcer during a surgical procedure
A. Aged 50 or older
B. Hx of recent gallbladder surgery
C. Female
D. Poor preoperative nutritional status - Precise Answer ✔✔D. Poor preoperative
nutritional status
Based on data collected during the patient assessment, the perioperative RN
A. identifies an outcome
B. Formulates a nursing diagnosis
C. develops a plan of care
D. performs nursing interventions - Precise Answer ✔✔B. formulates a nursing
diagnosis
Liquid peracetic acid low-temperature sterilant is used for devices that meet all of
the following criteria except:
A. Device must be approved for this process
B. Device must be heat sensitive
C. Device must be aerated
D. Device must be immersed - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Device must be aerated
During surgery the patients respirations become increasingly shallow, and the pupils
become smaller and smaller until they are pinpoint. How should this situation be
managed?
A. The patient should be extubated and bagged with 100% oxygen
, B. This is normal and is not cause for alarm
C. The anesthetic should be discontinued, and a narcotic antagonist such as
naloxone (Narcan) should be administered
D. Oxygen should be increased while anesthetic is decreased - Precise Answer ✔✔C.
The anesthetic should be discontinued, and a narcotic antagonist such as
naloxone (Narcan) should be administered
NPO Guidelines:
Food and fluids as desired - Precise Answer ✔✔Up to 8 hours
NPO Guidelines
Light meal (toast, clear liquids, infant formula, non human milk) - Precise Answer
✔✔Up to 6 hours
NPO Guidelines
Breast Milk - Precise Answer ✔✔Up to 4 hours
NPO Guidelines
Clear liquids only, NO solid food or foods with fat content - Precise Answer ✔✔Up to
2 hours
NPO Guidelines
No solids or liquids - Precise Answer ✔✔During the 2 hours until surgical times
After a person with an airborne disease has been cared for in the OR, the OR should
be closed and not cleaned until.. - Precise Answer ✔✔99% of the airborne particles
have been removed from the air (eg 15 air exchanges/hour for 28 minutes)
Airborne precautions are instated for pathogens that are how big? - Precise Answer
✔✔Small, 5 micrometers or less and can therefore can stay suspended in the air.
Which precaution has pathogens greater than 5 micrometers in size - Precise
Answer ✔✔Droplet
What diseases are present for Contact precautions - Precise Answer ✔✔HIV
HEP B
HEP C
Staph aureus
C-Diff
What Herbs may increase bleeding - Precise Answer ✔✔Feverfew
Garlic
Ginger
Ginko Biloba
Ginseng
Vitamin E
