AORN Periop 101 Final Exam 2025/2026
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Indemnity Payment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Payment made on behalf of the policy
holder
Liability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A legal responsibility
Negligence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An act or failure to act that deviates from the
standard of care
Nursing Malpractice - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A nurse's negligence or any
intentional act that causes physical, financial, emotional, psychosocial,
and/or cognitive damage to the person in the nurse's care
Respondeat Superior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An employer is legally responsible
for the nurse employee only when:
,o The nurse acts within the scope of practice
o Any allegations brought against the nurse occurred during the nurse's
employment
o The nurse's actions were within the employer's best interests.
Tort - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A breach of duty to another person as outlined by law
What are the four elements of malpractice? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Duty
• Breach of duty
• The breach of duty caused an injury
• The injury was harmful to the patient
Elements of Informed Consent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Must be obtained by the
licensed professional who is performing the procedure
• The patient must give consent voluntarily with the full understanding of all
implications
• Must include
o Diagnosis
o Proposed treatment
,o Treatment alternatives
o Consequences of accepting or declining the proposed treatment
Five Rights of Delegation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right task
Right circumstance
Right person
Right communication and direction
Right supervision and evaluation
Four types of patient privacy health care providers and personnel have an
ethical and legal responsibility to always maintain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔•
Medical information
• Physical exposure
• Personal privacy
• Electronic privacy
Eight factors to consider before determining what anesthetic to use for a
particular patient - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Patient's age
• Length & type of surgery
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, • Patient & surgeon preferences
• Patient's co-existing diseases
• Patient's mental & psychological status
• Patient's previous experiences with anesthesia
• Plans & protocols for postoperative pain management
• Position of the patient during surgery
The American Society of Anesthesiologist's NPO Guidelines - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔• Clear liquids - stop 2 hours before surgery
• Breast milk - stop 4 hours before surgery
• Infant formula - stop 6 hours before surgery
• Light meal (toast & a clear liquid) - stop 6 hours before surgery
• Fried foods, fatty foods, meat - stop 8 hours before surgery
Circulator RN duties during Induction of anesthesia and assisting
anesthesia professional with Cricoid Pressure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Cricoid
pressure application is not released until the endotracheal (ET) tube cuff is
inflated, tube placement is confirmed, and anesthesia provider has given a
verbal confirmation to the nurse that the cricoid pressure can be released.
Exam Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
Indemnity Payment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Payment made on behalf of the policy
holder
Liability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A legal responsibility
Negligence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An act or failure to act that deviates from the
standard of care
Nursing Malpractice - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A nurse's negligence or any
intentional act that causes physical, financial, emotional, psychosocial,
and/or cognitive damage to the person in the nurse's care
Respondeat Superior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An employer is legally responsible
for the nurse employee only when:
,o The nurse acts within the scope of practice
o Any allegations brought against the nurse occurred during the nurse's
employment
o The nurse's actions were within the employer's best interests.
Tort - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A breach of duty to another person as outlined by law
What are the four elements of malpractice? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Duty
• Breach of duty
• The breach of duty caused an injury
• The injury was harmful to the patient
Elements of Informed Consent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Must be obtained by the
licensed professional who is performing the procedure
• The patient must give consent voluntarily with the full understanding of all
implications
• Must include
o Diagnosis
o Proposed treatment
,o Treatment alternatives
o Consequences of accepting or declining the proposed treatment
Five Rights of Delegation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Right task
Right circumstance
Right person
Right communication and direction
Right supervision and evaluation
Four types of patient privacy health care providers and personnel have an
ethical and legal responsibility to always maintain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔•
Medical information
• Physical exposure
• Personal privacy
• Electronic privacy
Eight factors to consider before determining what anesthetic to use for a
particular patient - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Patient's age
• Length & type of surgery
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, • Patient & surgeon preferences
• Patient's co-existing diseases
• Patient's mental & psychological status
• Patient's previous experiences with anesthesia
• Plans & protocols for postoperative pain management
• Position of the patient during surgery
The American Society of Anesthesiologist's NPO Guidelines - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔• Clear liquids - stop 2 hours before surgery
• Breast milk - stop 4 hours before surgery
• Infant formula - stop 6 hours before surgery
• Light meal (toast & a clear liquid) - stop 6 hours before surgery
• Fried foods, fatty foods, meat - stop 8 hours before surgery
Circulator RN duties during Induction of anesthesia and assisting
anesthesia professional with Cricoid Pressure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔• Cricoid
pressure application is not released until the endotracheal (ET) tube cuff is
inflated, tube placement is confirmed, and anesthesia provider has given a
verbal confirmation to the nurse that the cricoid pressure can be released.
