EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE
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1. What type of support would you place to alleviate pressure on the brachial
plexus nerve when a patient is in a side-lying position - ANSWER ✓
Axillary Roll
2. You are the circulating nurse confirming consent with a patient scheduled
for an exploratory laparotomy with colostomy. The patient states they do not
want a colostomy. What should you do? - ANSWER ✓ Do not take the
patient to the operating room and consult the surgeon immediately
3. What equipment is most important for a patient undergoing an emergency
trauma surgery who declines a donated blood transfusion - ANSWER ✓ Cell
Saver
4. You have been asked to take a specimen from an OR during a bronchoscopy
and immediately take it to the lab. What must you do first - ANSWER ✓
Confirm the specimen label and patient name
5. You suspect long-term substance abuse during the pre-op interview with
your patient. Which of the following assessment findings would support this
suspicion - ANSWER ✓ nasal irritation and frequent sniffing, needle tracks
on arms, and burns on fingers and lips
6. After applying an alcohol-based skin preparations for a laser procedure,
what should you do next - ANSWER ✓ assess for pooling or moisture from
the prep
,7. When should you and surgical team members perform a surgical count for
an open thoracotomy? - ANSWER ✓ Prior to skin incision, at the beginning
of closure of body cavity or first tissue layer, and during skin closure
8. You are the scrub nurse on a case in which a vendor is present. The vendor
has a packaged product that they would like to hand to the surgeon. What
should you do? - ANSWER ✓ Ask the vendor to hand the product to the
circulating nurse
9. You are the circulating nurse and have received 2 units of packed red blood
cells that are to be transfused immediately. Present in the room are the
surgeon, surgical tech, CRNA and radiology technician. Who should you ask
to assist with checking the blood before the transfusion - ANSWER ✓
CRNA
10.The anesthesiologist informs you that the next patient is a difficult
intubation. Which equipment will you expect to have in the room? -
ANSWER ✓ Glidescope
11.You are near the entrance to the operating room department when a vendor
approaches you and asks where to go. What should you do first? - ANSWER
✓ walk them to the area designated by facility policy
12.What is an important step for the prevention of biofilm developing on a
flexible endoscope - ANSWER ✓ Prompt initiation of device processing
13.You are the circulating nurse. What class of surgical wound would you
document for a patient with preoperative fever who underwent tonsillectomy
in the presence of a large amount of purulent drainage for which the surgeon
has ordered intravenous antibiotics - ANSWER ✓ Class IV
14.The scub nurse has asked you for a heavy sterile instrument that is wrapped.
After opening the package, how should you give them the instrument -
ANSWER ✓ let the scub nurse grasp it out of the package
15.You are scubbed in during the middle of a procedure when you see a blood
soaked sponge on the floor 2 feet from the sterile field. What should you do
, - ANSWER ✓ tell the other team members about it and ask the circulating
nurse to remove it without touching the sterile field
16.Which of the following assignments can a circulator delegate to a non
licensed surgical associate - ANSWER ✓ retrieving sterile trays
17.Immediately after surgery, your patient is exhibiting symptoms of dizzyness,
cyanosis, shivering, and disoriented. These findings most likely indicate
what condition - ANSWER ✓ hypothermia
18.When does the preoperative phase begin? - ANSWER ✓ begins when the
decision to proceed with surgical intervention is made and ends with the
transfer of the patient onto the operating room (OR) bed
19.When does the intraoperative phase begin? - ANSWER ✓ begins when the
patient is transferred onto the OR bed and ends with admission to the PACU
20.When does the postoperative phase begin? - ANSWER ✓ begins with the
admission of the patient to the PACU and ends with a follow-up evaluation
in the clinical setting or home
21.What is a diagnostic surgery? - ANSWER ✓ focuses on removing a sample
of tissue
22.What is curative surgery? - ANSWER ✓ removing an entire tumor
23.What is reparative surgery? - ANSWER ✓ restore tissue to as close to
original state
24.What is cosmetic surgery? - ANSWER ✓ for appearance
25.What is palliative surgery? - ANSWER ✓ relieving or preventing
pain/suffering
26.What is emergent surgery? - ANSWER ✓ patient requires immediate
attention; disorder may be life threatening; without delay
, 27.What is urgent surgery? - ANSWER ✓ patient requires prompt attention
within 24-30 hours
28.What is required surgery? - ANSWER ✓ patient needs to have surgery; plan
within a few weeks or months
29.What is elective surgery? - ANSWER ✓ patient should have surgery; failure
to have surgery not catastrophic
30.What is optional surgery? - ANSWER ✓ decision rests with patient;
personal preference
31.What is informed consent? - ANSWER ✓ the patient's autonomous decision
about whether to undergo a surgical procedure; voluntary and written
informed consent from the patient is necessary before nonemergent surgery
can be performed to protect the patient from unsanctioned surgery;
voluntary, adequate disclosure, in writing, before any psychoactive pre-meds
32.What should informed consent include? - ANSWER ✓ explanation of
procedure/risks, description of benefits/alternatives, statement informing
patient if protocol differs from customary procedure
33.What is voluntary consent? - ANSWER ✓ valid consent must be freely
given, without coercion; consent must be obtained by physician; patient's
signature must be witnessed by professional staff member; patient must be at
least 18 years old or an emancipated minor
34.What is the only thing that can over write consent? - ANSWER ✓ a true
medical emergency
35.Who is considered an incompetent patient? - ANSWER ✓ individual who is
not autonomous; cannot give or withhold consent, cognitively impaired,
mentally ill, neurological incapactitated
36.which type of endoscope should you have present for use during a low
anterior colon resection - ANSWER ✓ proctoscope