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CNOR EXAM 2025 WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH GUARANTEED SUCCESS
AND BEST FOR REVISION
Nursing Process - ANSWER- Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Outcome Identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves ASSESSMENT are: monitor, observe,
find out
Nursing Diagnosis - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves Nursing Diagnosis are:
potential for, risk for
Outcome Identification - ANSWER- Results that are specific, measurable, realistic, desirable and
translate into behaviors. Keywords that a question involves Outcome Identification are:
prioritize, expected outcomes, free from
PNDS - ANSWER- Perioperative Nursing Data Set. Describes the perioperative nursing process.
Clear consistent terms and definitions for clinical problems, interventions, and patient
outcomes. Improves patient care, adherence to standards of care.
Planning - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves PLANNING are: Modify, collaborate,
formulate
Implementation - ANSWER- Doing or performing a nursing action. Keywords that a question
involves IMPLEMENTATION are: instruct, teach, advise, monitor
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Evaluation - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves EVALUATION are: demonstrate,
determine, question.
Nursing Practice Act - ANSWER- Ensures that safe, competent nursing is grounded in law as
written in each state's nurse practice act and the state rules/regulations
NANDA (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) - ANSWER- Provides evidence based
nursing DIAGNOSES for use in practice
Self determination - ANSWER- Ability to decide for oneself what the course of action will be in
varying situations (Decisions→ advanced directives, DNR orders, informed consent, organ
procurement )
Beneficence - ANSWER- Virtue focusing on doing good
Non-maleficence - ANSWER- Virtue focusing on doing no harm
Reparations - ANSWER- Virtue focusing on making amends for harm
Who created universal protocol? - ANSWER- The Joint Commission
Universal Protocol....BIG 3 - ANSWER- Pre-procedure verification, Site Marking, Time Out
Informed Consent - ANSWER- Is the conversation between healthcare provider and patient
/representative prior to obtaining written consent
Asepsis→ - ANSWER- absence of infectious organisms
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Sterile→ - ANSWER- absence of all organisms
Aseptic Practices includes: - ANSWER- Environmental cleaning, Hand hygiene ,Preop patient
skin antisepsis,Sterile technique, Surgical attire
Semi-restricted area - ANSWER- Need clean scrubs, shoes, and a hair cover
Restricted area - ANSWER- Scrubs, clean shoes, shoe coverings, head covering, surgical mask,
and goggles
When should you use Level IV gown - ANSWER- when there is a likelihood of the health care
worker being exposed to blood and body fluids during surgery (aka Trauma)
What PPE do you remove last? - ANSWER- mask
How long should you wash hands for? - ANSWER- at least 15 seconds
Appropriate Nail length - ANSWER- 0.08 inches or 2mm
Universal Decolonization/Horizontal Approach - ANSWER- Evidence based ,Everypatient
receives interventions such as; nasal decolonization, chlorhexidine gluconate bathing, hand
hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE)
Targeted Decolonization/Vertical Approach - ANSWER- Evidenced based ,Only those patients
testing positive during screening receive treatment, for example; nasal and skin decolonization,
contact precautions
BIG 2 bacterias trying to proactively prevent with skin antisepsis? - ANSWER- Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA)
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Methicillin-sensitive s aureus (MSSA)
Unless contraindicated select what type of antiseptic solution - ANSWER- ALCOHOL
BASED...CHG and alcohol, Povidone-iodine and alcohol (careful with neonates) (NEVER DILUTE
SKIN ANTISEPSIS PER FDA REGULATIONS)
When prepping - ANSWER- Prep incision site first, moving outward, Prep wide enough to
accommodate drain sites, extension of the incision, and inadvertent shifting of surgical drapes
How should you prep when the incision site is more highly contaminated than surrounding skin
(eg. anus, perineum, stoma, open wound) - ANSWER- prep the lower bacterial count area first,
then prep the area of higher contamination but ......For procedures with two different wound
classifications (abdominal and vaginal) prep with two separate prep kits and prep the more
contaminated site first
What drape does the CDC recommend for placement of CVCs (central venous cath), placement
of PICCs, and guidewire exchanges - ANSWER- full body drape
Examples of when to change sterile gloves - ANSWER- When perforated ,Every 60-150
minutes,After contact with methyl methacrylate ,When suspected or actual contamination
occurs
May be used during procedures involving resection of metastatic tumor/inside of bowel
procedures to prevent the potential spread of cancer cells/contaminates - ANSWER- Isolation
technique (Staff changes gowns and gloves ,Removing instruments that have touched these
areas form the sterile table or in a area that the team members will not touch again, Getting
new instruments for closing the wound )
What should you use to clean the OR and in what direction? - ANSWER- EPA registered hospital
grade rated disinfectants. Clean from top to bottom
CNOR EXAM 2025 WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH GUARANTEED SUCCESS
AND BEST FOR REVISION
Nursing Process - ANSWER- Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Outcome Identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves ASSESSMENT are: monitor, observe,
find out
Nursing Diagnosis - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves Nursing Diagnosis are:
potential for, risk for
Outcome Identification - ANSWER- Results that are specific, measurable, realistic, desirable and
translate into behaviors. Keywords that a question involves Outcome Identification are:
prioritize, expected outcomes, free from
PNDS - ANSWER- Perioperative Nursing Data Set. Describes the perioperative nursing process.
Clear consistent terms and definitions for clinical problems, interventions, and patient
outcomes. Improves patient care, adherence to standards of care.
Planning - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves PLANNING are: Modify, collaborate,
formulate
Implementation - ANSWER- Doing or performing a nursing action. Keywords that a question
involves IMPLEMENTATION are: instruct, teach, advise, monitor
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Evaluation - ANSWER- Keywords that a question involves EVALUATION are: demonstrate,
determine, question.
Nursing Practice Act - ANSWER- Ensures that safe, competent nursing is grounded in law as
written in each state's nurse practice act and the state rules/regulations
NANDA (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) - ANSWER- Provides evidence based
nursing DIAGNOSES for use in practice
Self determination - ANSWER- Ability to decide for oneself what the course of action will be in
varying situations (Decisions→ advanced directives, DNR orders, informed consent, organ
procurement )
Beneficence - ANSWER- Virtue focusing on doing good
Non-maleficence - ANSWER- Virtue focusing on doing no harm
Reparations - ANSWER- Virtue focusing on making amends for harm
Who created universal protocol? - ANSWER- The Joint Commission
Universal Protocol....BIG 3 - ANSWER- Pre-procedure verification, Site Marking, Time Out
Informed Consent - ANSWER- Is the conversation between healthcare provider and patient
/representative prior to obtaining written consent
Asepsis→ - ANSWER- absence of infectious organisms
,3|Page
Sterile→ - ANSWER- absence of all organisms
Aseptic Practices includes: - ANSWER- Environmental cleaning, Hand hygiene ,Preop patient
skin antisepsis,Sterile technique, Surgical attire
Semi-restricted area - ANSWER- Need clean scrubs, shoes, and a hair cover
Restricted area - ANSWER- Scrubs, clean shoes, shoe coverings, head covering, surgical mask,
and goggles
When should you use Level IV gown - ANSWER- when there is a likelihood of the health care
worker being exposed to blood and body fluids during surgery (aka Trauma)
What PPE do you remove last? - ANSWER- mask
How long should you wash hands for? - ANSWER- at least 15 seconds
Appropriate Nail length - ANSWER- 0.08 inches or 2mm
Universal Decolonization/Horizontal Approach - ANSWER- Evidence based ,Everypatient
receives interventions such as; nasal decolonization, chlorhexidine gluconate bathing, hand
hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE)
Targeted Decolonization/Vertical Approach - ANSWER- Evidenced based ,Only those patients
testing positive during screening receive treatment, for example; nasal and skin decolonization,
contact precautions
BIG 2 bacterias trying to proactively prevent with skin antisepsis? - ANSWER- Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA)
, 4|Page
Methicillin-sensitive s aureus (MSSA)
Unless contraindicated select what type of antiseptic solution - ANSWER- ALCOHOL
BASED...CHG and alcohol, Povidone-iodine and alcohol (careful with neonates) (NEVER DILUTE
SKIN ANTISEPSIS PER FDA REGULATIONS)
When prepping - ANSWER- Prep incision site first, moving outward, Prep wide enough to
accommodate drain sites, extension of the incision, and inadvertent shifting of surgical drapes
How should you prep when the incision site is more highly contaminated than surrounding skin
(eg. anus, perineum, stoma, open wound) - ANSWER- prep the lower bacterial count area first,
then prep the area of higher contamination but ......For procedures with two different wound
classifications (abdominal and vaginal) prep with two separate prep kits and prep the more
contaminated site first
What drape does the CDC recommend for placement of CVCs (central venous cath), placement
of PICCs, and guidewire exchanges - ANSWER- full body drape
Examples of when to change sterile gloves - ANSWER- When perforated ,Every 60-150
minutes,After contact with methyl methacrylate ,When suspected or actual contamination
occurs
May be used during procedures involving resection of metastatic tumor/inside of bowel
procedures to prevent the potential spread of cancer cells/contaminates - ANSWER- Isolation
technique (Staff changes gowns and gloves ,Removing instruments that have touched these
areas form the sterile table or in a area that the team members will not touch again, Getting
new instruments for closing the wound )
What should you use to clean the OR and in what direction? - ANSWER- EPA registered hospital
grade rated disinfectants. Clean from top to bottom
