RNFA Study Guide Questions and Answers

Describe the minimal level of education required for an advanced practice nurse. - A Master's degree is required for advanced practice nursing. What is the nursing model created by the Association of periOperative Registererd Nurses (AORN) featuring domains that are in continuous interaction with the health system and encircling the focus of perioperative nursing practice—the patient? - The AORN model is referred to as the Perioperative Patient-Focused Model. Define the phase of the nursing process characterized by preparation for what will or may happen and determining the priorities for care. - The planning phase is characterized by preparation for what will or may happen and determining the priorities for care. Institutional standards are usually directive about specific actions in specific circumstances within a facility or system. What type of standards typically provide generalized authoritative statements that can be implemented in all settings? - National standards provide generalized authoritative statements that can be implemented in all settings. Define the phase of the nursing process characterized by performing the nursing care activities and interventions that were planned, and responding with critical thinking and orderly action. - The implementation phase is characterized by performing the nursing care activities and interventions that were planned, and responding with critical thinking and orderly action. Define the phase of the nursing process that focuses on identifying and classifying data collected in the assessment in a way that provides a focus to plan nursing care. - The nursing diagnosis phase focuses on identifying and classifying data collected in the assessment in a way that provides a focus to plan nursing care. What is the expanded perioperative role characterized by handling and cutting tissue, using instruments and medical devices, providing exposure and hemostasis, and suturing, all as components of assisting-atsurgery behaviors? - The registered nurse first assistant (RNFA) is an example of an expanded perioperative nursing role.The AORN publication, Standards of Perioperative Nursing, is an example of what kind of standard? - The AORN Standards are an example of process-based standards. What is the specialty nursing language that provides a uniform and systematic method to collect and document the basic elements of perioperative nursing care? - Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) is the name of the specialty nursing language that provides a uniform and systematic method to collect and document the basic elements of perioperative nursing care