CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors
A. Male patients 25-40
B. Bariatric patients
C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy
D. Pediatric patients -
correct answer ✅D. Pediatric patients
The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff
communication review the need for
A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right
person on time
B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care
C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfer to the
postanesthesia care unit
D. Conducting a daily huddle on the unit -
correct answer ✅A, ensuring important test results are
communicated to the right person on time
Which of the following is a potential contraindication to the use of a
pneumatic tourniquet?
A. Pt has undergone prev joint replacement surgery
,CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
B. Pt is older than 80 years old
C. Pt has sickle cell anemia
D. Pt's operative extremity has been shaved -
correct answer ✅C. Sickle cell anemia
Which of the following is part of the surgical check list
A. When the pt last ate food or drank fluids
B. whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be
needed
C. Whom the surgeon should talk to after surgery
D. What pharmacy the patient uses -
correct answer ✅B. Whether any special equipment, devices or
implants will be needed
A pt taking ginger preoperatively is at risk for surgical complications
that include bleeding, hypotension and
A. hypoglycemia
B. Bradycardia
C. hypokalemia
D. liver dysfunction -
correct answer ✅B. Bradycardia
,CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
A patient is on long term acetyl salicylic acid therapy.
Preoperatively, the pt should be counselled to discontinue taking
the medication _________ prior to surgery
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 4 weeks -
correct answer ✅B. 2 weeks
A pt-specific risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is
A. a prev hx of stroke
B. duration of surgery
C. intraoperative position
D. use of a pneumatic tourniquet -
correct answer ✅A. previous history of stroke
Actively warming surgical patients with forced air to prevent
hypothermia should begin
A. as soon as the patient enters the OR or procedure room
B. In the recovery room
, CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
C. in the preoperative holding area
D. just before the surgeon makes the incision -
correct answer ✅C. in the preoperative holding area
Which of the following indicators demonstrates a patient who is at
increased risk of developing a pressure ulcer during a surgical
procedure
A. Aged 50 or older
B. Hx of recent gallbladder surgery
C. Female
D. Poor preoperative nutritional status -
correct answer ✅D. Poor preoperative nutritional status
Based on data collected during the patient assessment, the
perioperative RN
A. identifies an outcome
B. Formulates a nursing diagnosis
C. develops a plan of care
D. performs nursing interventions -
correct answer ✅B. formulates a nursing diagnosis
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors
A. Male patients 25-40
B. Bariatric patients
C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy
D. Pediatric patients -
correct answer ✅D. Pediatric patients
The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff
communication review the need for
A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right
person on time
B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care
C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfer to the
postanesthesia care unit
D. Conducting a daily huddle on the unit -
correct answer ✅A, ensuring important test results are
communicated to the right person on time
Which of the following is a potential contraindication to the use of a
pneumatic tourniquet?
A. Pt has undergone prev joint replacement surgery
,CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
B. Pt is older than 80 years old
C. Pt has sickle cell anemia
D. Pt's operative extremity has been shaved -
correct answer ✅C. Sickle cell anemia
Which of the following is part of the surgical check list
A. When the pt last ate food or drank fluids
B. whether any special equipment, devices or implants will be
needed
C. Whom the surgeon should talk to after surgery
D. What pharmacy the patient uses -
correct answer ✅B. Whether any special equipment, devices or
implants will be needed
A pt taking ginger preoperatively is at risk for surgical complications
that include bleeding, hypotension and
A. hypoglycemia
B. Bradycardia
C. hypokalemia
D. liver dysfunction -
correct answer ✅B. Bradycardia
,CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
A patient is on long term acetyl salicylic acid therapy.
Preoperatively, the pt should be counselled to discontinue taking
the medication _________ prior to surgery
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 4 weeks -
correct answer ✅B. 2 weeks
A pt-specific risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is
A. a prev hx of stroke
B. duration of surgery
C. intraoperative position
D. use of a pneumatic tourniquet -
correct answer ✅A. previous history of stroke
Actively warming surgical patients with forced air to prevent
hypothermia should begin
A. as soon as the patient enters the OR or procedure room
B. In the recovery room
, CNOR Practice Exam Prep by CCI
Actual Questions and Answers 2026
C. in the preoperative holding area
D. just before the surgeon makes the incision -
correct answer ✅C. in the preoperative holding area
Which of the following indicators demonstrates a patient who is at
increased risk of developing a pressure ulcer during a surgical
procedure
A. Aged 50 or older
B. Hx of recent gallbladder surgery
C. Female
D. Poor preoperative nutritional status -
correct answer ✅D. Poor preoperative nutritional status
Based on data collected during the patient assessment, the
perioperative RN
A. identifies an outcome
B. Formulates a nursing diagnosis
C. develops a plan of care
D. performs nursing interventions -
correct answer ✅B. formulates a nursing diagnosis
