AORN Periop 101 Final EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS |
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Terms in this set (257)
Indemnity Payment Payment made on behalf of the policy holder
Liability A legal responsibility
An act or failure to act that deviates from the standard
Negligence
of care
A nurse's negligence or any intentional act that causes
Nursing Malpractice physical, financial, emotional, psychosocial, and/or
cognitive damage to the person in the nurse's care
An employer is legally responsible for the nurse
employee only when:
o The nurse acts within the scope of practice
Respondeat Superior 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 A breach of duty to another person as outlined by law
• Duty
What are the four • Breach of duty
elements of malpractice? • The breach of duty caused an injury
• The injury was harmful to the patient
, • 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
Elements of Informed • Must include
Consent o Diagnosis
o Proposed treatment
o Treatment alternatives
o Consequences of accepting or declining the
proposed treatment
Right task
Right circumstance
Five Rights of Delegation Right person
Right communication and direction
Right supervision and evaluation
Four types of patient • Medical information
privacy health care • Physical exposure
providers and personnel • Personal privacy
have an ethical and legal • Electronic privacy
responsibility to always
maintain
• Patient's age
• Length & type of surgery
• Patient & surgeon preferences
Eight factors to consider
• Patient's co-existing diseases
before determining what
• Patient's mental & psychological status
anesthetic to use for a
• Patient's previous experiences with anesthesia
particular patient
• Plans & protocols for postoperative pain
management
• Position of the patient during surgery
, • Clear liquids - stop 2 hours before surgery
• Breast milk - stop 4 hours before surgery
The American Society of • Infant formula - stop 6 hours before surgery
Anesthesiologist's NPO • Light meal (toast & a clear liquid) - stop 6 hours
Guidelines before surgery
• Fried foods, fatty foods, meat - stop 8 hours before
surgery
• Cricoid pressure application is not released until the
endotracheal (ET) tube cuff is inflated, tube
Circulator RN duties
placement is confirmed, and anesthesia provider has
during Induction of
given a verbal confirmation to the nurse that the
anesthesia and assisting
cricoid pressure can be released.
anesthesia professional
• If intubation or ventilation of the patient becomes
with Cricoid Pressure
difficult, the perioperative nurse should retrieve
additional airway equipment and supplies.
• A drug-induced reversible state of unconsciousness
• Results in amnesia, analgesia, and loss of
General anesthesia
responsiveness, decreased stress response, and loss
of skeletal muscle reflexes to a varying degree
• An injection of local anesthetics near nerve fibers
that causes reversible loss of sensation over an area
Regional anesthesia of the body
• Examples include spinal, epidural, and peripheral
nerve blocks.
An anesthesia provider monitors the patient,
Monitored anesthesia care
administers sedatives and other agents as needed,
(MAC)
and provides medical services as required.
• The administration of sedative, analgesic, and/or
anxiolytic agents by a physician or by a nurse under
Moderate sedation physician supervision
• Depending on state laws and hospital policies, an
RN may administer moderate sedation.
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Terms in this set (257)
Indemnity Payment Payment made on behalf of the policy holder
Liability A legal responsibility
An act or failure to act that deviates from the standard
Negligence
of care
A nurse's negligence or any intentional act that causes
Nursing Malpractice physical, financial, emotional, psychosocial, and/or
cognitive damage to the person in the nurse's care
An employer is legally responsible for the nurse
employee only when:
o The nurse acts within the scope of practice
Respondeat Superior 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 A breach of duty to another person as outlined by law
• Duty
What are the four • Breach of duty
elements of malpractice? • The breach of duty caused an injury
• The injury was harmful to the patient
, • 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
Elements of Informed • Must include
Consent o Diagnosis
o Proposed treatment
o Treatment alternatives
o Consequences of accepting or declining the
proposed treatment
Right task
Right circumstance
Five Rights of Delegation Right person
Right communication and direction
Right supervision and evaluation
Four types of patient • Medical information
privacy health care • Physical exposure
providers and personnel • Personal privacy
have an ethical and legal • Electronic privacy
responsibility to always
maintain
• Patient's age
• Length & type of surgery
• Patient & surgeon preferences
Eight factors to consider
• Patient's co-existing diseases
before determining what
• Patient's mental & psychological status
anesthetic to use for a
• Patient's previous experiences with anesthesia
particular patient
• Plans & protocols for postoperative pain
management
• Position of the patient during surgery
, • Clear liquids - stop 2 hours before surgery
• Breast milk - stop 4 hours before surgery
The American Society of • Infant formula - stop 6 hours before surgery
Anesthesiologist's NPO • Light meal (toast & a clear liquid) - stop 6 hours
Guidelines before surgery
• Fried foods, fatty foods, meat - stop 8 hours before
surgery
• Cricoid pressure application is not released until the
endotracheal (ET) tube cuff is inflated, tube
Circulator RN duties
placement is confirmed, and anesthesia provider has
during Induction of
given a verbal confirmation to the nurse that the
anesthesia and assisting
cricoid pressure can be released.
anesthesia professional
• If intubation or ventilation of the patient becomes
with Cricoid Pressure
difficult, the perioperative nurse should retrieve
additional airway equipment and supplies.
• A drug-induced reversible state of unconsciousness
• Results in amnesia, analgesia, and loss of
General anesthesia
responsiveness, decreased stress response, and loss
of skeletal muscle reflexes to a varying degree
• An injection of local anesthetics near nerve fibers
that causes reversible loss of sensation over an area
Regional anesthesia of the body
• Examples include spinal, epidural, and peripheral
nerve blocks.
An anesthesia provider monitors the patient,
Monitored anesthesia care
administers sedatives and other agents as needed,
(MAC)
and provides medical services as required.
• The administration of sedative, analgesic, and/or
anxiolytic agents by a physician or by a nurse under
Moderate sedation physician supervision
• Depending on state laws and hospital policies, an
RN may administer moderate sedation.
