AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What is a Blunt needle point?
Answer:
1.This type of needle point is what you would expect to be needed for suturing friable tissue such as the
liver.

Question:
2. What are disposable stapler sets?
Answer:
2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide variety of instrument sizes.

Question:
3. What is cc?
Answer:
3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.

Question:
4. What is Clean contaminated?
Answer:
5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal hysterectomy.

Question:
5. What is a Jackson-Pratt?
Answer:
4.Following an excisional breast biopsy, the circulating nurse would anticipate the need to have available
this type of drain

Question:
6. What is Lithotomy Position?
Answer:
6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and respiratory compromise due to pressure
on the abdomen.

Question:
7. What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury.
Answer:
7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is a recommended practice for this:

Question:
8. What is personal protective equipment?

,Answer:
8.An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the transmission of microorganisms to
personnel when handling body fluid spills

Question:
9. What is capacitive coupling?
Answer:
9.It is recommended to inspect the active electrode for insulation defects to prevent this from occurring
during MIS

Question:
10. c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient considerations
Answer:
10. According to AORN RP for positioning the patient, the perioperative nurse should: What is...
a. Use a consistent method of procedure-specific position for each patient
b. Rely on the surgeon's and anesthesia provider's assessments to guide positioning
c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient considerations
d. Depend on the patient's natural defense mechanisms to indicate the need for positioning alterations

Question:
11. What is skin clips?
Answer:
11.The disadvantage of using this type of wound closure is because they often cause more scarring than
other skin closure methods.

Question:
12. What is Self-determination?
Answer:
12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate decision violates a patient's ethical right
to...

Question:
13. What is situational-based error?
Answer:
13. This type of human factor error is responsible when a perioperative nurse is trying to attend to several
tasks at once

Question:
14. What is aseptic technique?
Answer:
14.Restricting pathogenic organisms from the patient, environment, equipment, and supplies is the
definition of....

Question:
15. What are draping materials?

, 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

Question:
16. What is Phase II?
Answer:
16.Patient and caregiver education for continuing post-op care at home is the primary focus of this Phase
of post anesthesia care.

Question:
17. What are Healthcare organizations?
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

Question:
18. b. The scrub gown should be fastened in the back before donning gloves
Answer:
18. This statement about gloving technique is true What is...
a. When gloving another person, always glove the left hand first.
b. The scrub gown should be fastened in the back before donning gloves
c. Open glove technique is used for initial donning of the sterile gown and gloves.
d. Closed glove technique is used to glove the surgeon or assistant.

Question:
19. What is fuel source?
Answer:
19. Draping material is this source in the fire triangle? (fuel, ignition, oxidizer)

Question:
20. What is place it in a designated neutral zone with a verbal cue
Answer:
20. The safest way to pass a cutting instrument to a surgeon is:

Question:
21. What is Trendelenberg?
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.

Question:
22. 2. to permit aseptic delivery of contents to the sterile field