CNOR REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers | Full Practice Test Workbook with Detailed
Explanations | Grade A+
Question 1.
Which of the following helps determine a patient's discharge destination?
a. written discharge instructions from anesthesiology and medical staff
b. risk of postoperative complications
c. standardized pain scoring
d. general condition and readiness or discharge
Correct Answer: B
Question 2.
Central nervous systems (CNS) signs and symptoms of local anesthetic systemic toxicity
(LAST) include:
a. hypertension
b. numbness of the lips and tongue
c. respiratory depression
d. elevated temperature
Correct Answer: B
Question 3.
Autologous bone grafts should be stored at a temperature of:
a. 68 F
b. 32 F
c. -4 F
d. -112 F
Correct Answer: C
• When providing patient education for a child, it is important to understand
which learning characteristics of children?
a. children are self directed
b. children use intrinsic thought process
c. children respond to the use of activities that follow transitions of maturity
d. children respond to a trial-and-error approach -✓✓D
Question 4.
Which of the following actions would decrease radiation exposure during fluroscopy
procedures?
a. positioning the patient as close to the tube as possible
b. positioning the patient as far from the image intensifier as possible
c. positioning the patient as far from the monitor as possible
d. positioning the patient as close to the image intensifier as possible
,Correct Answer: D
Question 5.
A perioperative nurse is assisting an anesthesia professional with a rapid-sequence
induction by providing cricoid pressure using the Sellick maneuver. Which of the
following is the most appropriate description of this technique?
a. exerting down-and-up pressure on the cricoid cartilage to compress the trachea
b. palpating for the thyroid cartilage and exerting pressure on it with a dominant index
finger and thumb to occlude the esophagus
c. applying pressure on the cricoid cartilage to occlude the esophagus
d. maintaining pressure on the thyroid cartilage until the anesthesia professional verifies
placement
Correct Answer: D
Question 6.
A diagnostic procedure that relies on radiofrequency waves to reproduce cross
-sectional images of the body without exposing the patient to ionizing radiation is:
a. ultrasonography
b. positron emission tomography
c. computed tomograpghy
d. magnetic resonance imaging
Correct Answer: D
Question 7.
Which of the following movements of a powered instrument is used to drill holes or
insert screws, wires, and pins?
a. reciprocating
b. oscillating
c. alternating
d. rotating
Correct Answer: D
Question 8.
What is the most likely cause of a rapid decrease in blood pressure and heart rate for a
patient being infused when 1.5% glycine is used for irrigation?
a. anaphylactic reaction
b. myocardial infarction
c. TUR syndrome
d. pulmonary embolis
Correct Answer: C
,Question 9.
Preoperative teaching is most effective when patients have a readiness to learn and the
perioperative nurse teaches from _____ different levels.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Correct Answer: B
Question 10.
When caring for a patient with sickle cell anemia, the perioperative nurse should:
a. raise the temperature in the operating room to between 26.7 C (80 F) and 29.4 C (85
F)
b. have relaxing music playing in the operating room to avoid overstimulation
c. administer a liter of NS prior to surgery up ensure that the patient is well hydrated
d. allow a family member or friend to sit with the patient in the preoperative area and in
PACU
Correct Answer: A
Question 11.
Which type of fire extinguisher should be used in an operating room or procedure room?
a. wet chemical
b. carbon dioxide
c. halogen
d. dry powder
Correct Answer: B
Question 12.
________ requires purposeful, outcomes-directed thought and is driven by patient need.
a. critical thinking
b. assessment
c. diagnosis
d. planning
Correct Answer: A
Question 13.
What is the normal range for hemoglobin levels in adult women?
a. 10 g/dL to 14 gg/dL
b. 12 g/dL to 16 g/dL
c. 14 g/dL to 18 g/dL
d. 16 g/dL to 20 g/dL
, Correct Answer: B
Question 14.
What technique is safest to use when securing the arms of a patient to the patient's
sides?
a. drawing a sheet under the arms and over the patient and then using non-penetrating
clamps to secure the sheet to the opposite side
b. drawing a sheet over the arms and then sliding the sheet between the mattress and
bed
c. drawing a sheet over the arms and then tucking the sheet between the patient and
mattress
d. wrapping the patient's arms with padding and then securing them to the body with a
safety belt
Correct Answer: C
Question 15.
Which of the following intraoperative medications orders would prompt a perioperative
nurse to have a urinary catheter readily available?
a. levetiracetam 1 gm IV after incision
b. cefepime 2g/100mL IV infusion within 30 minutes of incision
c. ketorolac 20 mg IV push before incision
d. mannitol 10% 10g/100mL IV after incision
Correct Answer: D
Question 16.
Which of the following is defined as the process of teaching adults?
a. pedagogy
b. andragogy
c. cognition
d. orientation
Correct Answer: B
Question 17.
Personal protective equipment that must be worn when mixing and inserting methyl
methacrylate bone cement includes:
a. head coverings
b. latex gloves
c. goggles
d. shoe covers
Correct Answer: C
• Which of the following nursing actions would best support a positive
outcome for a nursing diagnosis of potential for alteration in skin integrity?
Answers | Full Practice Test Workbook with Detailed
Explanations | Grade A+
Question 1.
Which of the following helps determine a patient's discharge destination?
a. written discharge instructions from anesthesiology and medical staff
b. risk of postoperative complications
c. standardized pain scoring
d. general condition and readiness or discharge
Correct Answer: B
Question 2.
Central nervous systems (CNS) signs and symptoms of local anesthetic systemic toxicity
(LAST) include:
a. hypertension
b. numbness of the lips and tongue
c. respiratory depression
d. elevated temperature
Correct Answer: B
Question 3.
Autologous bone grafts should be stored at a temperature of:
a. 68 F
b. 32 F
c. -4 F
d. -112 F
Correct Answer: C
• When providing patient education for a child, it is important to understand
which learning characteristics of children?
a. children are self directed
b. children use intrinsic thought process
c. children respond to the use of activities that follow transitions of maturity
d. children respond to a trial-and-error approach -✓✓D
Question 4.
Which of the following actions would decrease radiation exposure during fluroscopy
procedures?
a. positioning the patient as close to the tube as possible
b. positioning the patient as far from the image intensifier as possible
c. positioning the patient as far from the monitor as possible
d. positioning the patient as close to the image intensifier as possible
,Correct Answer: D
Question 5.
A perioperative nurse is assisting an anesthesia professional with a rapid-sequence
induction by providing cricoid pressure using the Sellick maneuver. Which of the
following is the most appropriate description of this technique?
a. exerting down-and-up pressure on the cricoid cartilage to compress the trachea
b. palpating for the thyroid cartilage and exerting pressure on it with a dominant index
finger and thumb to occlude the esophagus
c. applying pressure on the cricoid cartilage to occlude the esophagus
d. maintaining pressure on the thyroid cartilage until the anesthesia professional verifies
placement
Correct Answer: D
Question 6.
A diagnostic procedure that relies on radiofrequency waves to reproduce cross
-sectional images of the body without exposing the patient to ionizing radiation is:
a. ultrasonography
b. positron emission tomography
c. computed tomograpghy
d. magnetic resonance imaging
Correct Answer: D
Question 7.
Which of the following movements of a powered instrument is used to drill holes or
insert screws, wires, and pins?
a. reciprocating
b. oscillating
c. alternating
d. rotating
Correct Answer: D
Question 8.
What is the most likely cause of a rapid decrease in blood pressure and heart rate for a
patient being infused when 1.5% glycine is used for irrigation?
a. anaphylactic reaction
b. myocardial infarction
c. TUR syndrome
d. pulmonary embolis
Correct Answer: C
,Question 9.
Preoperative teaching is most effective when patients have a readiness to learn and the
perioperative nurse teaches from _____ different levels.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Correct Answer: B
Question 10.
When caring for a patient with sickle cell anemia, the perioperative nurse should:
a. raise the temperature in the operating room to between 26.7 C (80 F) and 29.4 C (85
F)
b. have relaxing music playing in the operating room to avoid overstimulation
c. administer a liter of NS prior to surgery up ensure that the patient is well hydrated
d. allow a family member or friend to sit with the patient in the preoperative area and in
PACU
Correct Answer: A
Question 11.
Which type of fire extinguisher should be used in an operating room or procedure room?
a. wet chemical
b. carbon dioxide
c. halogen
d. dry powder
Correct Answer: B
Question 12.
________ requires purposeful, outcomes-directed thought and is driven by patient need.
a. critical thinking
b. assessment
c. diagnosis
d. planning
Correct Answer: A
Question 13.
What is the normal range for hemoglobin levels in adult women?
a. 10 g/dL to 14 gg/dL
b. 12 g/dL to 16 g/dL
c. 14 g/dL to 18 g/dL
d. 16 g/dL to 20 g/dL
, Correct Answer: B
Question 14.
What technique is safest to use when securing the arms of a patient to the patient's
sides?
a. drawing a sheet under the arms and over the patient and then using non-penetrating
clamps to secure the sheet to the opposite side
b. drawing a sheet over the arms and then sliding the sheet between the mattress and
bed
c. drawing a sheet over the arms and then tucking the sheet between the patient and
mattress
d. wrapping the patient's arms with padding and then securing them to the body with a
safety belt
Correct Answer: C
Question 15.
Which of the following intraoperative medications orders would prompt a perioperative
nurse to have a urinary catheter readily available?
a. levetiracetam 1 gm IV after incision
b. cefepime 2g/100mL IV infusion within 30 minutes of incision
c. ketorolac 20 mg IV push before incision
d. mannitol 10% 10g/100mL IV after incision
Correct Answer: D
Question 16.
Which of the following is defined as the process of teaching adults?
a. pedagogy
b. andragogy
c. cognition
d. orientation
Correct Answer: B
Question 17.
Personal protective equipment that must be worn when mixing and inserting methyl
methacrylate bone cement includes:
a. head coverings
b. latex gloves
c. goggles
d. shoe covers
Correct Answer: C
• Which of the following nursing actions would best support a positive
outcome for a nursing diagnosis of potential for alteration in skin integrity?
