Periop 101 Final Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
a) Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome - Answer: Evidence-based practice questions are
typically formatted as PICO questions. What does PICO stand for?
d) Verify with surgeon before opening suture - Answer: Every member of the healthcare team has a
role to play in cost containment. Which of the following is an example of how the perioperative RN
can participate in cost containment in the OR?
c) Professional growth and maintenance of competency - Answer: An RN who attends continuing
nursing education and has verified skills, knowledge, and attitudes about perioperative nursing is
demonstrating accountability in his/her:
d) Work setting and situation variations may determine the extent to which AORN Guidelines can be
applied - Answer: Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning use of the AORN Guidelines
for Perioperative Practice?
c) Family disagreement about a below the knee amputation on an 18 year old who has already given
consent - Answer: Which of the following is NOT an example of an ethical dilemma that
perioperative nurses may encounter?
b) Negligence - Answer: The phrase "At least one individual failed to do what a similarly situated,
reasonable, and prudent professional would have done under similar circumstances" is the definition
of:
d) Relying ONLY on peer evaluations - Answer: All of the following are accurate descriptions of
"professional accountability" EXCEPT:
b) Pursuit of lifelong learning - Answer: Part of the AORN standards of Professional Practice
mandate that nurses evaluate the quality of their nursing practice. Four ways to ensure professional
practice related to the AORN practice include: maintaining competency, the use of evidence-based
practice, certification, and:
c) Assess the patient's airway and respirations - Answer: After transferring a male patient into the
Phase I PACU, the perioperative RN could reasonably expect the PACU RN to FIRST:
,b) Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation - Answer: During a handover report to the
PACU RN, the perioperative RN may use a communication method identified by the acronym
"SBAR." What does SBAR stand for?
c) Ask patient to describe his pain or use a standardized pain scale - Answer: A 40-year-old male
patient is awake and alert in the post anesthesia care unit after right shoulder surgery. What is the
BEST measure to assess the patient's pain?
d) The type of insulin the patient takes - Answer: What would be the MOST important information
for a nurse in Preadmission Testing (PAT) to collect on an insulin dependent diabetic patient?
c) American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Answer: The Perianesthesia nurse has ASPAN to
guide their practice. What does ASPAN stand for?
c) Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations - Answer: You have completed your case
and must now transport your patient to PACU. To give report to the PACU nurse, your facility
requires that you provide report in SBAR, which stands for:
c) Assessing patient airway and respirations - Answer: You have just transferred your patient into
the Phase I PACU. Which activities would you expect to observe FIRST?
c) OR nurse - Answer: A hand-over communication report is given by the anesthesia professional
and the _________________?
c) Cultural beliefs, perception of surgery, and religious beliefs - Answer: What should be included as
part of the psychological nursing assessment?
a) Alert the surgeon and discuss the selection of preoperative skin antiseptic. - Answer: During a
preoperative interview, a patient reports that a surgical prep solution made him breakout in hives
after a previous surgical procedure. What action should the perioperative RN take?
a) Alcohol
b) Herbal preparations
c) Recreational Drugs
d) Tobacco products
,e) All of the above - Answer: During the preoperative interview, the perioperative RN should ask the
patient's about their use of:
a) Define the patient's risk factors and develop a plan of care - Answer: The PRIMARY purpose of
conducting a preoperative assessment is to:
a) Decrease in vision including color and depth perception - Answer: Which of the following sensory
assessment findings is common among elderly patients?
c) 3 to 6 years - Answer: A child in which of the following age groups can be described as "likes to
socialize and can interpret terms"?
d) Lung capacity decreases with increasing age - Answer: Which of the following statements is true?
a) Decrease in subcutaneous fat - Answer: Which of the following factors make geriatric patients
more sensitive to injury and cold?
b) Before the surgery - Answer: A preoperative nursing assessment should be conducted by a
perioperative RN at what point?
d) Spiritual - Answer: In relation to transcultural needs of the patient, it is important to include
_______________ needs in the nursing assessment.
b) Structured with predetermined questions - Answer: A directive interview is:
a) The surgical site
b) The nature and intended purpose of the surgery
c) The patient's fears regarding anesthesia or surgery - Answer: Factors that may affect
postoperative pain are? Select all that apply.
b) To increase patient and family adherence to the plan of care - Answer: Which of the following
BEST illustrates the purpose of perioperative patient and family education?
, d) Wound care and pain management - Answer: Sally is a 43-year-old female scheduled for a
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The perioperative RN should provide preoperative education to Sally
and her family, including:
a) Automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate decision - Answer: Which of the
following practices violates a patient's ethical right to self-determination?
b) Communicating information and documenting the decision - Answer: Obtaining informed consent
is a two-step process of:
b) By asking questions about the procedure and evaluating the answer - Answer: How does the
perioperative nurse test patient's level of understanding?
c) Reconsidered to ensure that the risks and benefits of anesthesia and surgery are discussed before
surgery - Answer: A preoperative patient's do-not-resuscitate order is:
Unrestricted = Perioperative patient care area
Semi-restrict = Work area for processing instruments
Restricted = Individual OR suite with sterile supplies opened - Answer: Match the designated
surgical area with the correct surgical zone:
b) False - Answer: Clean supplied do NOT need to be separated from sterile supplies inside the
surgical suite:
b) 20-60% - Answer: The relative humidity in the OR suite should be maintained within a range of:
c) Removed and discarded after every case - Answer: A surgical mask should cover both mouth and
nose, and should be:
b) 20 - Answer: The ventilation system in the restricted area of the OR should have an air exchange
rate of at least _____ air exchanged per hour.
Correct Answers
a) Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome - Answer: Evidence-based practice questions are
typically formatted as PICO questions. What does PICO stand for?
d) Verify with surgeon before opening suture - Answer: Every member of the healthcare team has a
role to play in cost containment. Which of the following is an example of how the perioperative RN
can participate in cost containment in the OR?
c) Professional growth and maintenance of competency - Answer: An RN who attends continuing
nursing education and has verified skills, knowledge, and attitudes about perioperative nursing is
demonstrating accountability in his/her:
d) Work setting and situation variations may determine the extent to which AORN Guidelines can be
applied - Answer: Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning use of the AORN Guidelines
for Perioperative Practice?
c) Family disagreement about a below the knee amputation on an 18 year old who has already given
consent - Answer: Which of the following is NOT an example of an ethical dilemma that
perioperative nurses may encounter?
b) Negligence - Answer: The phrase "At least one individual failed to do what a similarly situated,
reasonable, and prudent professional would have done under similar circumstances" is the definition
of:
d) Relying ONLY on peer evaluations - Answer: All of the following are accurate descriptions of
"professional accountability" EXCEPT:
b) Pursuit of lifelong learning - Answer: Part of the AORN standards of Professional Practice
mandate that nurses evaluate the quality of their nursing practice. Four ways to ensure professional
practice related to the AORN practice include: maintaining competency, the use of evidence-based
practice, certification, and:
c) Assess the patient's airway and respirations - Answer: After transferring a male patient into the
Phase I PACU, the perioperative RN could reasonably expect the PACU RN to FIRST:
,b) Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation - Answer: During a handover report to the
PACU RN, the perioperative RN may use a communication method identified by the acronym
"SBAR." What does SBAR stand for?
c) Ask patient to describe his pain or use a standardized pain scale - Answer: A 40-year-old male
patient is awake and alert in the post anesthesia care unit after right shoulder surgery. What is the
BEST measure to assess the patient's pain?
d) The type of insulin the patient takes - Answer: What would be the MOST important information
for a nurse in Preadmission Testing (PAT) to collect on an insulin dependent diabetic patient?
c) American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Answer: The Perianesthesia nurse has ASPAN to
guide their practice. What does ASPAN stand for?
c) Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations - Answer: You have completed your case
and must now transport your patient to PACU. To give report to the PACU nurse, your facility
requires that you provide report in SBAR, which stands for:
c) Assessing patient airway and respirations - Answer: You have just transferred your patient into
the Phase I PACU. Which activities would you expect to observe FIRST?
c) OR nurse - Answer: A hand-over communication report is given by the anesthesia professional
and the _________________?
c) Cultural beliefs, perception of surgery, and religious beliefs - Answer: What should be included as
part of the psychological nursing assessment?
a) Alert the surgeon and discuss the selection of preoperative skin antiseptic. - Answer: During a
preoperative interview, a patient reports that a surgical prep solution made him breakout in hives
after a previous surgical procedure. What action should the perioperative RN take?
a) Alcohol
b) Herbal preparations
c) Recreational Drugs
d) Tobacco products
,e) All of the above - Answer: During the preoperative interview, the perioperative RN should ask the
patient's about their use of:
a) Define the patient's risk factors and develop a plan of care - Answer: The PRIMARY purpose of
conducting a preoperative assessment is to:
a) Decrease in vision including color and depth perception - Answer: Which of the following sensory
assessment findings is common among elderly patients?
c) 3 to 6 years - Answer: A child in which of the following age groups can be described as "likes to
socialize and can interpret terms"?
d) Lung capacity decreases with increasing age - Answer: Which of the following statements is true?
a) Decrease in subcutaneous fat - Answer: Which of the following factors make geriatric patients
more sensitive to injury and cold?
b) Before the surgery - Answer: A preoperative nursing assessment should be conducted by a
perioperative RN at what point?
d) Spiritual - Answer: In relation to transcultural needs of the patient, it is important to include
_______________ needs in the nursing assessment.
b) Structured with predetermined questions - Answer: A directive interview is:
a) The surgical site
b) The nature and intended purpose of the surgery
c) The patient's fears regarding anesthesia or surgery - Answer: Factors that may affect
postoperative pain are? Select all that apply.
b) To increase patient and family adherence to the plan of care - Answer: Which of the following
BEST illustrates the purpose of perioperative patient and family education?
, d) Wound care and pain management - Answer: Sally is a 43-year-old female scheduled for a
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The perioperative RN should provide preoperative education to Sally
and her family, including:
a) Automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate decision - Answer: Which of the
following practices violates a patient's ethical right to self-determination?
b) Communicating information and documenting the decision - Answer: Obtaining informed consent
is a two-step process of:
b) By asking questions about the procedure and evaluating the answer - Answer: How does the
perioperative nurse test patient's level of understanding?
c) Reconsidered to ensure that the risks and benefits of anesthesia and surgery are discussed before
surgery - Answer: A preoperative patient's do-not-resuscitate order is:
Unrestricted = Perioperative patient care area
Semi-restrict = Work area for processing instruments
Restricted = Individual OR suite with sterile supplies opened - Answer: Match the designated
surgical area with the correct surgical zone:
b) False - Answer: Clean supplied do NOT need to be separated from sterile supplies inside the
surgical suite:
b) 20-60% - Answer: The relative humidity in the OR suite should be maintained within a range of:
c) Removed and discarded after every case - Answer: A surgical mask should cover both mouth and
nose, and should be:
b) 20 - Answer: The ventilation system in the restricted area of the OR should have an air exchange
rate of at least _____ air exchanged per hour.
