AORN Periop 101 Final Exam UPDATED
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
NUMBER OF VENTILATION EXCHANGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR -
CORRECT ANSWERS 20 PER HOUR WITH 4 EXCHANGES FROM
OUTDOOR AIR
HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - CORRECT ANSWERS
20-60%
TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - CORRECT
ANSWERS 68-75 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN - CORRECT
ANSWERS NATURAL ABSORBABLE SUTURE
MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND
REDUCTION OF TENSILE STRENGTH) - CORRECT ANSWERS
SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE SUTURE
,SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION
SUTURE, SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO,
NEUROSURGERY) - CORRECT ANSWERS NATURAL
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
NYLON SUTURE
-MONOFILAMENT (ETHILON & DERMALON)
-COATED (SURGILON)
-UNCOATED (NEUROLON)
POLYESTER FIBER SUTURE
-COATED (TICRON, ETHIBOND, TEFLON)
-UNCOATED (MERSILENE & DACRON)
POLYPROPYLENE (PROLENE & SURGILENE)
POLYBUTESTER (NOVAFIL)
POLY ETHYLENE (DERMALENE) - CORRECT ANSWERS
SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
-NO INFLAMMATION
-RESP, AILMENTARY, AND GU TRACTS NOT ENTERED
-EX. EYE SURGERY, HERNIA REPAIRS, BREAST SURGERY,
NONTRAUMATIC NEURO & ORTHO SURGERY, CARDIAC, OR
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY - CORRECT ANSWERS
CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
, -RESP, AILMENTARY, OR GU WOUNDS ENTERED UNDER
CONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATION OF
SURROUNDING TISSUE
-NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR MAJOR BREAK IN ASEPTIC
TECHNIQUE
-EX. D&C, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, GASTRECTOMY, CHOLE
WITHOUT SPILLAGE, ELECTIVE APPY, CYSTOSCOPY, TURP ON PT W/
NEGATIVE URINE CULTURES, SIGMOID COLON RESECTION -
CORRECT ANSWERS CLASS II-CLEAN CONTAMINATED
-OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
-EX. LAPAROTOMY W/ SIGNIFICANT SPILLAGE, TRAUMATIC
WOUNDS, ACUTE APPENDICITIS OR CHOLECYSTITIS, COMPOUND
FRACTURES - CORRECT ANSWERS CLASS III-CONTAMINATED
WOUNDS
-OLD, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS WITH DEVITALIZED TISSUE,
PERFORATED VISCERA, DELAYED PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE
-EX. INCISION AND DRAINAGE, TOTAL EVISCERATION,
PERFORATED VISCERA - CORRECT ANSWERS CLASS IV-DIRTY
WOUNDS
PURPOSE OF STANDARDIZED NURSING LANGUAGE SUCH AS PNDS -
CORRECT ANSWERS MAINTAIN PT SAFETY, INFECTION
CONTROL, AND MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY COST
PLAN OF CARE
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
NUMBER OF VENTILATION EXCHANGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR -
CORRECT ANSWERS 20 PER HOUR WITH 4 EXCHANGES FROM
OUTDOOR AIR
HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - CORRECT ANSWERS
20-60%
TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - CORRECT
ANSWERS 68-75 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN - CORRECT
ANSWERS NATURAL ABSORBABLE SUTURE
MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND
REDUCTION OF TENSILE STRENGTH) - CORRECT ANSWERS
SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE SUTURE
,SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION
SUTURE, SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO,
NEUROSURGERY) - CORRECT ANSWERS NATURAL
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
NYLON SUTURE
-MONOFILAMENT (ETHILON & DERMALON)
-COATED (SURGILON)
-UNCOATED (NEUROLON)
POLYESTER FIBER SUTURE
-COATED (TICRON, ETHIBOND, TEFLON)
-UNCOATED (MERSILENE & DACRON)
POLYPROPYLENE (PROLENE & SURGILENE)
POLYBUTESTER (NOVAFIL)
POLY ETHYLENE (DERMALENE) - CORRECT ANSWERS
SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
-NO INFLAMMATION
-RESP, AILMENTARY, AND GU TRACTS NOT ENTERED
-EX. EYE SURGERY, HERNIA REPAIRS, BREAST SURGERY,
NONTRAUMATIC NEURO & ORTHO SURGERY, CARDIAC, OR
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY - CORRECT ANSWERS
CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
, -RESP, AILMENTARY, OR GU WOUNDS ENTERED UNDER
CONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATION OF
SURROUNDING TISSUE
-NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR MAJOR BREAK IN ASEPTIC
TECHNIQUE
-EX. D&C, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, GASTRECTOMY, CHOLE
WITHOUT SPILLAGE, ELECTIVE APPY, CYSTOSCOPY, TURP ON PT W/
NEGATIVE URINE CULTURES, SIGMOID COLON RESECTION -
CORRECT ANSWERS CLASS II-CLEAN CONTAMINATED
-OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
-EX. LAPAROTOMY W/ SIGNIFICANT SPILLAGE, TRAUMATIC
WOUNDS, ACUTE APPENDICITIS OR CHOLECYSTITIS, COMPOUND
FRACTURES - CORRECT ANSWERS CLASS III-CONTAMINATED
WOUNDS
-OLD, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS WITH DEVITALIZED TISSUE,
PERFORATED VISCERA, DELAYED PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE
-EX. INCISION AND DRAINAGE, TOTAL EVISCERATION,
PERFORATED VISCERA - CORRECT ANSWERS CLASS IV-DIRTY
WOUNDS
PURPOSE OF STANDARDIZED NURSING LANGUAGE SUCH AS PNDS -
CORRECT ANSWERS MAINTAIN PT SAFETY, INFECTION
CONTROL, AND MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY COST
PLAN OF CARE
