CRNFA EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔CN III Occulomotor
CN IV Trochlear
CN VI Abducens - ✔✔assessment of the extraocular movements during a neurological
exam, tests which cranial nerve(s)?
✔✔Colostomy - ✔✔Postoperatively what would you expect the patient to have following
a sigmoid colectomy with Hartman's?
✔✔Observing for facial movement - ✔✔When assisting on a parotidectomy, what is
your primary concern as an RNFA?
✔✔Right and left Recurrent laryngeal nerves
parathyroid nerve - ✔✔On a thyroidectomy, which nerve is at risk?
✔✔Increased Potassium - ✔✔If a patient is taking diuretics, how can that affect the
potassium?
✔✔Recurrent laryngeal - ✔✔Post thyroidectomy, Damage to what nerve would account
for hoarseness?
✔✔Acute Hemorrhage
Fibrinolysis - ✔✔Disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome causes?
✔✔Cephalosporins - ✔✔What group of antibiotics poses the greatest potential for
cross-sensitivity?
✔✔prolonged bleeding time - ✔✔What would be your immediate concern on preop
assessment for a patient receiving salicylate therapy for over a year?
, ✔✔intima
media
adventitia - ✔✔Layers of an artery?
✔✔Identify the pathogenic organism - ✔✔Most important step in treating an infection is
to first?
✔✔prolonged bleeding time - ✔✔Ibuprofen can cause?
✔✔Hyperressonance - ✔✔When percussing, what sound is considered normal for a
patient with emphysema?
✔✔venous air embolism - ✔✔What complication does the RNFA need to plan for with a
patient having a posterior fossa craniotomy in sitting position?
✔✔Recurrent Laryngeal nerves
parathyroid glands - ✔✔What are the most important anatomical structures to identify
and protect while dissecting out the thyroid?
✔✔External rotation and abduction - ✔✔After a total hip arthroplasty with postero-lateral
approach, the patients leg should be maintained in ?
✔✔Intraoperative arteriograms - ✔✔When preparing for an emergency femoral
embolectomy the RNFA should anticipate the need for?
✔✔titanium rods - ✔✔When CO2 laser is being used to vaporize intra-abdominal
adhesions, inadvertent beam contact with the underlying tissue can be avoided by
using?
✔✔respiratory system - ✔✔What is most vulnerable when the patient is prone position?
✔✔avoid leaning on the patient - ✔✔When holding retractors to aid in exposure it is
essential for the RNFA to?
✔✔associated pancreatitis due to a common bile duct stone - ✔✔Common cause for an
increased amylase level?
✔✔Horizontal mattress - ✔✔Stitches that are placed horizontal to the wound are called?
✔✔Mannitol - ✔✔An osmotic diuretic that has an effect on renal vascular resistance is?
✔✔ligaments - ✔✔A needle that is classified as reverse cutting is used primarily on?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔CN III Occulomotor
CN IV Trochlear
CN VI Abducens - ✔✔assessment of the extraocular movements during a neurological
exam, tests which cranial nerve(s)?
✔✔Colostomy - ✔✔Postoperatively what would you expect the patient to have following
a sigmoid colectomy with Hartman's?
✔✔Observing for facial movement - ✔✔When assisting on a parotidectomy, what is
your primary concern as an RNFA?
✔✔Right and left Recurrent laryngeal nerves
parathyroid nerve - ✔✔On a thyroidectomy, which nerve is at risk?
✔✔Increased Potassium - ✔✔If a patient is taking diuretics, how can that affect the
potassium?
✔✔Recurrent laryngeal - ✔✔Post thyroidectomy, Damage to what nerve would account
for hoarseness?
✔✔Acute Hemorrhage
Fibrinolysis - ✔✔Disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome causes?
✔✔Cephalosporins - ✔✔What group of antibiotics poses the greatest potential for
cross-sensitivity?
✔✔prolonged bleeding time - ✔✔What would be your immediate concern on preop
assessment for a patient receiving salicylate therapy for over a year?
, ✔✔intima
media
adventitia - ✔✔Layers of an artery?
✔✔Identify the pathogenic organism - ✔✔Most important step in treating an infection is
to first?
✔✔prolonged bleeding time - ✔✔Ibuprofen can cause?
✔✔Hyperressonance - ✔✔When percussing, what sound is considered normal for a
patient with emphysema?
✔✔venous air embolism - ✔✔What complication does the RNFA need to plan for with a
patient having a posterior fossa craniotomy in sitting position?
✔✔Recurrent Laryngeal nerves
parathyroid glands - ✔✔What are the most important anatomical structures to identify
and protect while dissecting out the thyroid?
✔✔External rotation and abduction - ✔✔After a total hip arthroplasty with postero-lateral
approach, the patients leg should be maintained in ?
✔✔Intraoperative arteriograms - ✔✔When preparing for an emergency femoral
embolectomy the RNFA should anticipate the need for?
✔✔titanium rods - ✔✔When CO2 laser is being used to vaporize intra-abdominal
adhesions, inadvertent beam contact with the underlying tissue can be avoided by
using?
✔✔respiratory system - ✔✔What is most vulnerable when the patient is prone position?
✔✔avoid leaning on the patient - ✔✔When holding retractors to aid in exposure it is
essential for the RNFA to?
✔✔associated pancreatitis due to a common bile duct stone - ✔✔Common cause for an
increased amylase level?
✔✔Horizontal mattress - ✔✔Stitches that are placed horizontal to the wound are called?
✔✔Mannitol - ✔✔An osmotic diuretic that has an effect on renal vascular resistance is?
✔✔ligaments - ✔✔A needle that is classified as reverse cutting is used primarily on?
