NIFA PERIOPERATIVE UPDATED FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The most commonly used medication for local anesthesia is?
A. Lidocaine
B. Tetracaine
C. Marcaine
D. Cocaine HCL - ✔✔A. Lidocaine
Alexanders 15 p150
✔✔Linda Gardner is highly allergic to latex and the anesthesia provider plans to give
Linda prophylactic medications before anesthesia. What medications might be
administered to Linda in the preoperative holding area?
A. Epinepherine and an H2-blocker
B. Vasopressin and atropine
C. Prednisone and a beta-agonist inhaler
D. Dimethylxanthine - ✔✔C. Prednisone and a beta-agonist inhaler
Alexander 15 p66
✔✔When a patient absorbs an unsafe amount of local anesthetic into the bloodstream,
a catastrophic outcome is possible. Treatment for LAST includes the use of which of the
following?
A. Lipids
B. LR bolus of 500cc
C. NS Bolus of 500CC
D. Diphenhydramine - ✔✔A. Lipids
Alexanders 15 p147
✔✔From the following, select an advantage polyester suture has over other
nonabsorbable sutures.
A. Greater tinsile strength
B. Greater tissue reactivity
C. Able to absorb tissue fluids
, D. decreased knot slippage - ✔✔A. Greater tinsile strength
Alexanders 15th p190
✔✔While tucking the arms at the sides of the patient in supine position offers comfort,
safety, and easy access to the patient by the scrubbed team, improper positioning and
securing of the arms can result in significant injury. Injury can be avoided by tucking the
draw sheet ___________ the arm and under the ____________.
A. Over, Body
B. Under, Mattress
C. Over, Mattress
D. Around, OR bedrail - ✔✔A. Over, Body
Alexanders 15th p163
✔✔In several studies, it was determined that the risk of contamination and subsequent
infection to the wearer can be reduced by wearing two pairs of sterile surgical gloves, as
opposed to wearing one pair. Select the correct statement that refers to double gloving
in terms of a best practice.
A. The American College of Surgeons endorses double gloving for all surgery and
invasive procedures
B. Wearing two glove layers permits re-gloving using the closed-glove technique for a
contaminated glove.
C. Wearing a glove liner between both layers of gloves may eliminate the risk of
perforation to the inner glove, protecting the wearer from sharps injury.
D. The AORN publication titled Recommended Practices for Prevention of
Transmissible Infections in the Perioperative Practice Setting recommends the Double-
Glove procedure during invasive procedures. - ✔✔A. The American College of
Surgeons endorses gloving for all surgery and invasive procedures.
Alexanders 15th p113
✔✔An instrument that is used to occlude a vessel is know as:
A. Hemostat
B. Occluding clamp
C. Kocher
D. Forceps - ✔✔A. Hemostat
Alexanders 15th 201
✔✔________ Precautions apply to blood, all body fluids, and excretions (except sweat),
regardless of whether they contain visible blood, mucous membranes, and non-intact
skin.
A. Hospital
B. Standard
C. Isolation
D. Contact - ✔✔B. Standard
Alexanders 15th p62
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The most commonly used medication for local anesthesia is?
A. Lidocaine
B. Tetracaine
C. Marcaine
D. Cocaine HCL - ✔✔A. Lidocaine
Alexanders 15 p150
✔✔Linda Gardner is highly allergic to latex and the anesthesia provider plans to give
Linda prophylactic medications before anesthesia. What medications might be
administered to Linda in the preoperative holding area?
A. Epinepherine and an H2-blocker
B. Vasopressin and atropine
C. Prednisone and a beta-agonist inhaler
D. Dimethylxanthine - ✔✔C. Prednisone and a beta-agonist inhaler
Alexander 15 p66
✔✔When a patient absorbs an unsafe amount of local anesthetic into the bloodstream,
a catastrophic outcome is possible. Treatment for LAST includes the use of which of the
following?
A. Lipids
B. LR bolus of 500cc
C. NS Bolus of 500CC
D. Diphenhydramine - ✔✔A. Lipids
Alexanders 15 p147
✔✔From the following, select an advantage polyester suture has over other
nonabsorbable sutures.
A. Greater tinsile strength
B. Greater tissue reactivity
C. Able to absorb tissue fluids
, D. decreased knot slippage - ✔✔A. Greater tinsile strength
Alexanders 15th p190
✔✔While tucking the arms at the sides of the patient in supine position offers comfort,
safety, and easy access to the patient by the scrubbed team, improper positioning and
securing of the arms can result in significant injury. Injury can be avoided by tucking the
draw sheet ___________ the arm and under the ____________.
A. Over, Body
B. Under, Mattress
C. Over, Mattress
D. Around, OR bedrail - ✔✔A. Over, Body
Alexanders 15th p163
✔✔In several studies, it was determined that the risk of contamination and subsequent
infection to the wearer can be reduced by wearing two pairs of sterile surgical gloves, as
opposed to wearing one pair. Select the correct statement that refers to double gloving
in terms of a best practice.
A. The American College of Surgeons endorses double gloving for all surgery and
invasive procedures
B. Wearing two glove layers permits re-gloving using the closed-glove technique for a
contaminated glove.
C. Wearing a glove liner between both layers of gloves may eliminate the risk of
perforation to the inner glove, protecting the wearer from sharps injury.
D. The AORN publication titled Recommended Practices for Prevention of
Transmissible Infections in the Perioperative Practice Setting recommends the Double-
Glove procedure during invasive procedures. - ✔✔A. The American College of
Surgeons endorses gloving for all surgery and invasive procedures.
Alexanders 15th p113
✔✔An instrument that is used to occlude a vessel is know as:
A. Hemostat
B. Occluding clamp
C. Kocher
D. Forceps - ✔✔A. Hemostat
Alexanders 15th 201
✔✔________ Precautions apply to blood, all body fluids, and excretions (except sweat),
regardless of whether they contain visible blood, mucous membranes, and non-intact
skin.
A. Hospital
B. Standard
C. Isolation
D. Contact - ✔✔B. Standard
Alexanders 15th p62
