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What is used to retract the spermatic cord during an inguinal herniorraphy? Answer:
Penrose drain
Why is an indwelling Foley catheter placed prior to a hysterectomy? Answer: Avoid injury to
the bladder
What scissor is the best choice for extending an arterial incision? Answer: Potts-Smith
What is used to stain the cervix for a Schiller's test? Answer: Lugol's solution
What arises from the left ventricle of the heart? Answer: Ascending aorta
What method is used to confirm that items have been exposed to the sterilization process,
but sterility is not guaranteed? Answer: Chemical
Why would the hair of a patient undergoing craniotomy be bagged, labeled, and saved?
Answer: It is patient property
When preparing a double basin for sterilization, the? Answer: Basins should be separated
by a porous, absorbent towel
What structure, during a total hip arthroplasty, requires intramedullary reaming prior to
placement of a prosthesis? Answer: Femoral canal
What is the least restrictive form of credentialing? Answer: Registration
What drug classification is Demerol? Answer: Analgesic
What should be transported to the PACU with a patient who underwent a thyroidectomy?
Answer: Tracheotomy tray
What is the chemical abbreviation for sodium chloride? Answer: NaCl
What organelle is responsible for packaging of proteins? Answer: Golgi complex
Which procedure would utilize the instrument shown below? Answer: Hemorrhoidectomy
What types of treatment does a patient authorize when signing a general consent form?
Answer: All routine treatments or procedures
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, What medication can be used as a topical jelly during cystoscopy procedures? Answer:
Xylocaine
What is a primary postoperative complication of carotid endarterectomy? Answer: Stroke
During what procedure would the instrument shown below be used for? Answer: TAH
When is it acceptable to open surgical dressing sponges? Answer: After final count
What is the correct procedure to follow when a sterilized rigid instrument container is
opened and condensation is observed? Answer: Don't use; return to SPD
What method of sterilization requires an aeration cycle? Answer: EtO
Elevated IOP in a glaucoma patient is a result of excess? Answer: Aqueous humor
Where should the grounding pad be placed on a patient undergoing a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy who has a right hip prosthesis? Answer: Left anterior thigh
The instrument below is used during a? Answer: Vaginal hysterectomy
The Trendelenburg position is often used for surgery on the? Answer: Lower abdomen and
pelvis
The large artery that arises from the left side of the aortic arch and descends into the arm is
the? Answer: Subclavian
Lesions in what part of the brain may effect balance and coordination? Answer:
Cerebellum
What utilizes the process of cavitation? Answer: Ultrasonic cleaner
What is the name for a dorsally angulated fracture of the distal radius? Answer: Colles'
During what procedure would the instrument shown below be used? Answer:
Cholecystectomy
What ligament is transected during surgery for De Quervain's disease? Answer: Dorsal
carpal
In order to minimize mucosal irritation during urinary catheterization, the tip of the catheter
is dipped in what? Answer: K-Y Jelly
How often is a medication prescribed as QID to be taken per day? Answer: 4 times
What type of external dressing would be used to eliminate dead space? Answer: Pressure
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What is used to retract the spermatic cord during an inguinal herniorraphy? Answer:
Penrose drain
Why is an indwelling Foley catheter placed prior to a hysterectomy? Answer: Avoid injury to
the bladder
What scissor is the best choice for extending an arterial incision? Answer: Potts-Smith
What is used to stain the cervix for a Schiller's test? Answer: Lugol's solution
What arises from the left ventricle of the heart? Answer: Ascending aorta
What method is used to confirm that items have been exposed to the sterilization process,
but sterility is not guaranteed? Answer: Chemical
Why would the hair of a patient undergoing craniotomy be bagged, labeled, and saved?
Answer: It is patient property
When preparing a double basin for sterilization, the? Answer: Basins should be separated
by a porous, absorbent towel
What structure, during a total hip arthroplasty, requires intramedullary reaming prior to
placement of a prosthesis? Answer: Femoral canal
What is the least restrictive form of credentialing? Answer: Registration
What drug classification is Demerol? Answer: Analgesic
What should be transported to the PACU with a patient who underwent a thyroidectomy?
Answer: Tracheotomy tray
What is the chemical abbreviation for sodium chloride? Answer: NaCl
What organelle is responsible for packaging of proteins? Answer: Golgi complex
Which procedure would utilize the instrument shown below? Answer: Hemorrhoidectomy
What types of treatment does a patient authorize when signing a general consent form?
Answer: All routine treatments or procedures
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, What medication can be used as a topical jelly during cystoscopy procedures? Answer:
Xylocaine
What is a primary postoperative complication of carotid endarterectomy? Answer: Stroke
During what procedure would the instrument shown below be used for? Answer: TAH
When is it acceptable to open surgical dressing sponges? Answer: After final count
What is the correct procedure to follow when a sterilized rigid instrument container is
opened and condensation is observed? Answer: Don't use; return to SPD
What method of sterilization requires an aeration cycle? Answer: EtO
Elevated IOP in a glaucoma patient is a result of excess? Answer: Aqueous humor
Where should the grounding pad be placed on a patient undergoing a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy who has a right hip prosthesis? Answer: Left anterior thigh
The instrument below is used during a? Answer: Vaginal hysterectomy
The Trendelenburg position is often used for surgery on the? Answer: Lower abdomen and
pelvis
The large artery that arises from the left side of the aortic arch and descends into the arm is
the? Answer: Subclavian
Lesions in what part of the brain may effect balance and coordination? Answer:
Cerebellum
What utilizes the process of cavitation? Answer: Ultrasonic cleaner
What is the name for a dorsally angulated fracture of the distal radius? Answer: Colles'
During what procedure would the instrument shown below be used? Answer:
Cholecystectomy
What ligament is transected during surgery for De Quervain's disease? Answer: Dorsal
carpal
In order to minimize mucosal irritation during urinary catheterization, the tip of the catheter
is dipped in what? Answer: K-Y Jelly
How often is a medication prescribed as QID to be taken per day? Answer: 4 times
What type of external dressing would be used to eliminate dead space? Answer: Pressure
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