AORN PERIOP 101 ALL COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The goals of the surgical skin prep are to: Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Inhibit rapid
rebound growth of microorganisms
B. Reduce the risk of postoperative site infection
C. Remove soil and transient microorganisms and to reduce the number of resident
microorganisms
✔✔Endoscopic instrumentation maintenance may be enhanced by all of the following
EXCEPT: - ✔✔C. Irrigating channels with normal saline at the end of each case
✔✔Which of the following statements concerning mentors and preceptors are correct?
Select all that apply - ✔✔A. Both model professional nursing behaviors
B. Mentors guide nurses through global professional activities
C. Preceptors guide nurses through defined clinical activities
✔✔Which nursing diagnosis is a PRIORITY for the patient who is being positioned for a
posterior lumbar laminectomy? Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Impaired gas exchange
D. Risk for preoperative positioning injury
✔✔When performing a plastic surgery skin closure, which choice of suture size would
be most appropriate? - ✔✔C. 5-0
✔✔Over-oressurizaiton of a tourniquet cull may cause: - ✔✔B. Compression injuries to
blood vessels
✔✔The most important reason for maintaining endoscopic instruments at an optimal
level of suction that - ✔✔A. Insulation defects can cause unseen burns
, ✔✔Which is the following a disadvantage of using skin clips? - ✔✔C. They often cause
more scarring than other skin closure methods
✔✔Which of the following practices is recommended for damp dusting in the OR?
Damp dusting should: - ✔✔D. Begin with higher surfaces and finish with lower surfaces
✔✔At the end of an orthopedic case, all of the following instrument care guidelines
should be followed EXCEPT? - ✔✔B. Place heavy instruments in top of smaller
instruments to promote cleaning
✔✔Which of the following sensory assessment findings is common among elderly
patients? - ✔✔A. Decreased color and depth perception
✔✔Which of the following practices should be used to implement the Joint
Commissions Universal Protocol for Preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong
person surgery? - ✔✔C. Using the time-out procedure before beginning the procedure
✔✔Which of the following is a strategy to reduce medication errors? - ✔✔D. Using only
computerized physician order entry for medication management
✔✔Documentation of intraoperative surgical specimens includes which of the following?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Identification of the specimen in the intraoperative record
and the pathology requisition
B. No Abbreviations
C. Notation of markers or tags such as clips or sutures, with a statement of what they
represent
✔✔What steps should be followed in correctly draping the sterile field? Select all that
apply. - ✔✔A. Drape from sterile to unsterile
B. Drape from operative site outward
C. Form a cuff with the drape and place gloved hands under the cuff
D. Handle each drape as little as possible
✔✔Which of the following best describes capacitive coupling? - ✔✔C. The transfer of
electrical current form the active electrode though intact insulation to adjacent
conductive items such as tissue to trocars
✔✔Which of the following questions would you expect to hear in a preoperative
interview? Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Could you tell me about any past surgeries
B. Has your surgeon reviewed the surgical procedure with you? Do you have any
questions?
C. What medications do you take on a regular basis
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The goals of the surgical skin prep are to: Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Inhibit rapid
rebound growth of microorganisms
B. Reduce the risk of postoperative site infection
C. Remove soil and transient microorganisms and to reduce the number of resident
microorganisms
✔✔Endoscopic instrumentation maintenance may be enhanced by all of the following
EXCEPT: - ✔✔C. Irrigating channels with normal saline at the end of each case
✔✔Which of the following statements concerning mentors and preceptors are correct?
Select all that apply - ✔✔A. Both model professional nursing behaviors
B. Mentors guide nurses through global professional activities
C. Preceptors guide nurses through defined clinical activities
✔✔Which nursing diagnosis is a PRIORITY for the patient who is being positioned for a
posterior lumbar laminectomy? Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Impaired gas exchange
D. Risk for preoperative positioning injury
✔✔When performing a plastic surgery skin closure, which choice of suture size would
be most appropriate? - ✔✔C. 5-0
✔✔Over-oressurizaiton of a tourniquet cull may cause: - ✔✔B. Compression injuries to
blood vessels
✔✔The most important reason for maintaining endoscopic instruments at an optimal
level of suction that - ✔✔A. Insulation defects can cause unseen burns
, ✔✔Which is the following a disadvantage of using skin clips? - ✔✔C. They often cause
more scarring than other skin closure methods
✔✔Which of the following practices is recommended for damp dusting in the OR?
Damp dusting should: - ✔✔D. Begin with higher surfaces and finish with lower surfaces
✔✔At the end of an orthopedic case, all of the following instrument care guidelines
should be followed EXCEPT? - ✔✔B. Place heavy instruments in top of smaller
instruments to promote cleaning
✔✔Which of the following sensory assessment findings is common among elderly
patients? - ✔✔A. Decreased color and depth perception
✔✔Which of the following practices should be used to implement the Joint
Commissions Universal Protocol for Preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong
person surgery? - ✔✔C. Using the time-out procedure before beginning the procedure
✔✔Which of the following is a strategy to reduce medication errors? - ✔✔D. Using only
computerized physician order entry for medication management
✔✔Documentation of intraoperative surgical specimens includes which of the following?
Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Identification of the specimen in the intraoperative record
and the pathology requisition
B. No Abbreviations
C. Notation of markers or tags such as clips or sutures, with a statement of what they
represent
✔✔What steps should be followed in correctly draping the sterile field? Select all that
apply. - ✔✔A. Drape from sterile to unsterile
B. Drape from operative site outward
C. Form a cuff with the drape and place gloved hands under the cuff
D. Handle each drape as little as possible
✔✔Which of the following best describes capacitive coupling? - ✔✔C. The transfer of
electrical current form the active electrode though intact insulation to adjacent
conductive items such as tissue to trocars
✔✔Which of the following questions would you expect to hear in a preoperative
interview? Select all that apply. - ✔✔A. Could you tell me about any past surgeries
B. Has your surgeon reviewed the surgical procedure with you? Do you have any
questions?
C. What medications do you take on a regular basis
