CNOR Practice Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Which of the following statements is true for the health care provider treating a patient
who requires contact isolation?
A) Wear an isolation gown, gloves, and N95 respirator.
B) Wear an isolation gown and gloves only if contact with body fluids is expected.
C) Wear an isolation gown and gloves for all patient contact.
D) Wear an isolation gown, gloves, and mask. - ANSWER✔✔-C) Wear an isolation
gown and gloves for all patient contact.
Personal protective equipment is worn for all direct and indirect patient contact. So
touching the skin or removing dirty linens both necessitate wearing gown and gloves
,How long can the sterile supplies in an unused room be open before it must be
discarded?
A) There is no specific amount of time
B) 2 Hours
C) 1 Hour
D) 4 Hours - ANSWER✔✔-A) There is no specific amount of time
Studies show that the longer a field is open the higher the likelihood of contamination
even when there is no active contamination event. Therefore, the field should not be
established until immediately before use. However, there is no specified amount of time
that opened sterile supplies in an unused room can remain sterile. Sterility is very much
event related.
After your 56 year old female patient is induced under general anesthesia for her
abdominal hysterectomy you assist anesthesia personnel in padding the elbows and
placing a pillow under the lower extremities allowing the heals to float. Padding the
elbows protects the ______ nerve.
,A) Ulnar
B) Radial
C) Popliteal
D) Brachial - ANSWER✔✔-A) Ulnar
The ulnar nerve runs on the inside of the elbow. This is also protected by positioning
the patient's hands palms up or thumbs up instead of palms down.
Under what circumstance is it permissible to remove the rubber stopper from
medication?
A) It's never okay
B) After cleaning the stopper with alcohol
C) Using sterile gloves and a sterile clamp
D) It's okay as long as you don't push the stopper down into the bottle - ANSWER✔✔-
A) It's never okay
, The likelihood of contamination of the contents is very high anytime the rubber stopper
is removed. If you need the powdered form of an antibiotic it should be delivered to
you from the pharmacy in a sterile envelop.
An OR Manager notices a circulating nurse removing her jacket to perform the surgical
skin prep for them patient. The manager requests that the circulator put the jacket back
on and snap it closed to prepare the patient's skin. This request is made because:
A) The room the circulator was assigned was cold
B) The circulator wore the scrub shirt and pants to a meeting prior to the case and so
should be covered to return to patient care
C) Normally, bare arms would be okay but today there is a wound on the circulator's
arm
D) To prevent contamination of the prep area by the circulator caused by shedding -
ANSWER✔✔-D) To prevent contamination of the prep area by the circulator caused by
shedding
Those who will not be sterile team members should wear long sleeved jackets with
front closures over their scrubs.
What is the Nursing Practice Act?
Questions and Answers
Which of the following statements is true for the health care provider treating a patient
who requires contact isolation?
A) Wear an isolation gown, gloves, and N95 respirator.
B) Wear an isolation gown and gloves only if contact with body fluids is expected.
C) Wear an isolation gown and gloves for all patient contact.
D) Wear an isolation gown, gloves, and mask. - ANSWER✔✔-C) Wear an isolation
gown and gloves for all patient contact.
Personal protective equipment is worn for all direct and indirect patient contact. So
touching the skin or removing dirty linens both necessitate wearing gown and gloves
,How long can the sterile supplies in an unused room be open before it must be
discarded?
A) There is no specific amount of time
B) 2 Hours
C) 1 Hour
D) 4 Hours - ANSWER✔✔-A) There is no specific amount of time
Studies show that the longer a field is open the higher the likelihood of contamination
even when there is no active contamination event. Therefore, the field should not be
established until immediately before use. However, there is no specified amount of time
that opened sterile supplies in an unused room can remain sterile. Sterility is very much
event related.
After your 56 year old female patient is induced under general anesthesia for her
abdominal hysterectomy you assist anesthesia personnel in padding the elbows and
placing a pillow under the lower extremities allowing the heals to float. Padding the
elbows protects the ______ nerve.
,A) Ulnar
B) Radial
C) Popliteal
D) Brachial - ANSWER✔✔-A) Ulnar
The ulnar nerve runs on the inside of the elbow. This is also protected by positioning
the patient's hands palms up or thumbs up instead of palms down.
Under what circumstance is it permissible to remove the rubber stopper from
medication?
A) It's never okay
B) After cleaning the stopper with alcohol
C) Using sterile gloves and a sterile clamp
D) It's okay as long as you don't push the stopper down into the bottle - ANSWER✔✔-
A) It's never okay
, The likelihood of contamination of the contents is very high anytime the rubber stopper
is removed. If you need the powdered form of an antibiotic it should be delivered to
you from the pharmacy in a sterile envelop.
An OR Manager notices a circulating nurse removing her jacket to perform the surgical
skin prep for them patient. The manager requests that the circulator put the jacket back
on and snap it closed to prepare the patient's skin. This request is made because:
A) The room the circulator was assigned was cold
B) The circulator wore the scrub shirt and pants to a meeting prior to the case and so
should be covered to return to patient care
C) Normally, bare arms would be okay but today there is a wound on the circulator's
arm
D) To prevent contamination of the prep area by the circulator caused by shedding -
ANSWER✔✔-D) To prevent contamination of the prep area by the circulator caused by
shedding
Those who will not be sterile team members should wear long sleeved jackets with
front closures over their scrubs.
What is the Nursing Practice Act?
