CNOR Practice Test 2025 Questions
and Answers
A circulating RN is assisting the anesthesia care provider with general anesthesia
induction on a pt with a history of GERD. The anesthesia care provider asks the nurse
to perform cricoid pressure. What is the purpose of cricoid pressure?
A. To keep the pt's neck stable during tube placement.
B. To open the esophagus and allow air to enter the stomach to prevent gastric acid
regurgitation.
C. To prevent aspiration of gastric contents while the pt does not have a proper gag
reflex.
D. To hide the vocal cords because they are not a needed landmark to intubate. -
ANSWER✔✔-C. To prevent aspiration of gastric contents while the pt does not have a
proper gag reflex.
Which of the following IV solutions is contraindicated for a pt in an MH crisis?
A. Lactated Ringers
,B. Normal Saline
C. Dextrose (D5)
D. Potassium Chloride - ANSWER✔✔-D. Potassium Chloride
A pt is going into respiratory arrest after a 2 mg dose of versed. Which of the following
medications would be the most appropriate to reverse the effects of this medication?
A. Romazicon
B. Narcan
C. Benadryl
D. Epinephrine - ANSWER✔✔-A. Romazicon
In which of the following scenarios would it be acceptable for the scrub nurse to open
her sterile gown and gloves on the sterile back table?
A. It is never recommended to do this.
B. When there is a sterile member such as the scrub nurse she is relieving to gown and
glove her.
C. When there is no other surface available.
D. Once the patient has been draped but the skin incision has not yet been made. -
ANSWER✔✔-B. When there is a sterile member such as the scrub nurse she is relieving
to gown and glove her.
, At the conclusion of a stable carotid endarterectomy surgery, after extubation the
anesthesia care provider may ask the circulating RN to get a laryngoscope or
glidescope. Which of the following provides the best rational for this request.
A. To emergently reintubate the patient.
B. To check if the vocal cords are responding.
C. To check for bleeding
D. To properly suction the pt - ANSWER✔✔-B. To check if the vocal cords are
responding.
The circulating RN is unwrapping a sterile endoscope for the sterile scrub tech. Which
of the following best describes the technique used when unwrapping a sterile
instrument as an unsterile person?
A. Open the top flap away from oneself, then the sides, and then the bottom, being
careful not to let the flaps touch each other so the edges do not contaminate each other.
B. Open the top flap away from oneself, then the sides, and then the bottom, securing
each flap so they cover the unsterile hand and do not contaminate the sterile field or
instrument.
C. The sterile tech should open the instrument before they scrub in.
D. The circulating nurse needs to scrub prior to opening the sterile instrument. -
ANSWER✔✔-B. Open the top flap away from oneself, then the sides, and then the
and Answers
A circulating RN is assisting the anesthesia care provider with general anesthesia
induction on a pt with a history of GERD. The anesthesia care provider asks the nurse
to perform cricoid pressure. What is the purpose of cricoid pressure?
A. To keep the pt's neck stable during tube placement.
B. To open the esophagus and allow air to enter the stomach to prevent gastric acid
regurgitation.
C. To prevent aspiration of gastric contents while the pt does not have a proper gag
reflex.
D. To hide the vocal cords because they are not a needed landmark to intubate. -
ANSWER✔✔-C. To prevent aspiration of gastric contents while the pt does not have a
proper gag reflex.
Which of the following IV solutions is contraindicated for a pt in an MH crisis?
A. Lactated Ringers
,B. Normal Saline
C. Dextrose (D5)
D. Potassium Chloride - ANSWER✔✔-D. Potassium Chloride
A pt is going into respiratory arrest after a 2 mg dose of versed. Which of the following
medications would be the most appropriate to reverse the effects of this medication?
A. Romazicon
B. Narcan
C. Benadryl
D. Epinephrine - ANSWER✔✔-A. Romazicon
In which of the following scenarios would it be acceptable for the scrub nurse to open
her sterile gown and gloves on the sterile back table?
A. It is never recommended to do this.
B. When there is a sterile member such as the scrub nurse she is relieving to gown and
glove her.
C. When there is no other surface available.
D. Once the patient has been draped but the skin incision has not yet been made. -
ANSWER✔✔-B. When there is a sterile member such as the scrub nurse she is relieving
to gown and glove her.
, At the conclusion of a stable carotid endarterectomy surgery, after extubation the
anesthesia care provider may ask the circulating RN to get a laryngoscope or
glidescope. Which of the following provides the best rational for this request.
A. To emergently reintubate the patient.
B. To check if the vocal cords are responding.
C. To check for bleeding
D. To properly suction the pt - ANSWER✔✔-B. To check if the vocal cords are
responding.
The circulating RN is unwrapping a sterile endoscope for the sterile scrub tech. Which
of the following best describes the technique used when unwrapping a sterile
instrument as an unsterile person?
A. Open the top flap away from oneself, then the sides, and then the bottom, being
careful not to let the flaps touch each other so the edges do not contaminate each other.
B. Open the top flap away from oneself, then the sides, and then the bottom, securing
each flap so they cover the unsterile hand and do not contaminate the sterile field or
instrument.
C. The sterile tech should open the instrument before they scrub in.
D. The circulating nurse needs to scrub prior to opening the sterile instrument. -
ANSWER✔✔-B. Open the top flap away from oneself, then the sides, and then the
