CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
During a procedure under local anesthesia, the patient complains of circumoral numbness,
blurred vision, and dizziness. What should be the immediate action of the perioperative nurse
monitoring this patient?
a. Recheck the dose of local anesthesia given
b. Ensure an airway
c. Set the IV line to full flow
d. Call for 20% lipid emulsion to be brought to the room - CORRECT- ANSWER-b
The circulating nurse reports that the needle count is incorrect. The surgeon continues to
close the wound, stating, "I know it is not in the
, CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
wound and I am not going to stop to look for it." The best plan of action is to:
a. Accept the surgeon's response without comment and fill out an incident report
b. Inform the surgeon of hospital policy and document subsequent actions
c. Order X-rays regardless of the surgeon's wishes
d. Notify the OR supervisor and ask for advice - CORRECT-ANSWER-b
A new employee unknowingly dispensed an unsterile solution to the sterile field. The
following day, the supervisor learns of the incident. The supervisor's first action would
be to:
a. Initiate an incident report
b. Instruct the employee on the technique of reading labels
c. Counsel the employee verbally
d. Notify the surgeon of the break in technique - CORRECT-ANSWER-d
, CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
Due to an emergency, the perioperative nurse is unable to conduct the sponge, sharps,
and instrument counts. At the conclusion of the surgery, the nurse should:
a. Ask the surgeon to sign the count
b. Immediately notify the OR supervisor
c. Document the absence of counts
d. Refuse to sign the sponge count record - CORRECT-ANSWER-c
The optimum patient position provides:
a. Access and exposure, maintains circulatory and respiratory functions, and does not
compromise neuromuscular structures.
b. Optimum access and exposure to surgical site, with no permanent compromise to
neuromuscular structures.
c. Access for the surgeon, does not compromise the neuromuscular structures, and
maintains an adequate airway for the anesthetist.
d. Sustained circulatory and respiratory functions, does not compromise
neuromuscular structures, and maintains body alignment.
- CORRECT-ANSWER-a
, CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
A patient who is 8 months pregnant is to undergo an emergency laparotomy. In planning
nursing care for this patient, the perioperative nurse should have available a wedge
cushion or pillow to place under the patient's:
a. Knees
b. Left side
c. Right side
d. Shoulders - CORRECT-ANSWER-c
You're loading the sterilizer with trays and wrapped towels. The correct configuration would
be:
a. The towels are on the bottom shelf and the trays on the top shelf
b. The towels are on the top shelf and the trays are on the bottom shelf
c. The trays and towels go on the top shelf and leave the bottom shelf empty
d. There is no specific configuration when there is a mixed load of trays and wrapped
textiles - CORRECT-ANSWER-b
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
During a procedure under local anesthesia, the patient complains of circumoral numbness,
blurred vision, and dizziness. What should be the immediate action of the perioperative nurse
monitoring this patient?
a. Recheck the dose of local anesthesia given
b. Ensure an airway
c. Set the IV line to full flow
d. Call for 20% lipid emulsion to be brought to the room - CORRECT- ANSWER-b
The circulating nurse reports that the needle count is incorrect. The surgeon continues to
close the wound, stating, "I know it is not in the
, CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
wound and I am not going to stop to look for it." The best plan of action is to:
a. Accept the surgeon's response without comment and fill out an incident report
b. Inform the surgeon of hospital policy and document subsequent actions
c. Order X-rays regardless of the surgeon's wishes
d. Notify the OR supervisor and ask for advice - CORRECT-ANSWER-b
A new employee unknowingly dispensed an unsterile solution to the sterile field. The
following day, the supervisor learns of the incident. The supervisor's first action would
be to:
a. Initiate an incident report
b. Instruct the employee on the technique of reading labels
c. Counsel the employee verbally
d. Notify the surgeon of the break in technique - CORRECT-ANSWER-d
, CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
Due to an emergency, the perioperative nurse is unable to conduct the sponge, sharps,
and instrument counts. At the conclusion of the surgery, the nurse should:
a. Ask the surgeon to sign the count
b. Immediately notify the OR supervisor
c. Document the absence of counts
d. Refuse to sign the sponge count record - CORRECT-ANSWER-c
The optimum patient position provides:
a. Access and exposure, maintains circulatory and respiratory functions, and does not
compromise neuromuscular structures.
b. Optimum access and exposure to surgical site, with no permanent compromise to
neuromuscular structures.
c. Access for the surgeon, does not compromise the neuromuscular structures, and
maintains an adequate airway for the anesthetist.
d. Sustained circulatory and respiratory functions, does not compromise
neuromuscular structures, and maintains body alignment.
- CORRECT-ANSWER-a
, CNOR EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2025 (ACTUAL EXAM) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+
A patient who is 8 months pregnant is to undergo an emergency laparotomy. In planning
nursing care for this patient, the perioperative nurse should have available a wedge
cushion or pillow to place under the patient's:
a. Knees
b. Left side
c. Right side
d. Shoulders - CORRECT-ANSWER-c
You're loading the sterilizer with trays and wrapped towels. The correct configuration would
be:
a. The towels are on the bottom shelf and the trays on the top shelf
b. The towels are on the top shelf and the trays are on the bottom shelf
c. The trays and towels go on the top shelf and leave the bottom shelf empty
d. There is no specific configuration when there is a mixed load of trays and wrapped
textiles - CORRECT-ANSWER-b
