AORN PERIOP 101 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Benefits of evidence based practice include which of the following? - ✔✔The
professional perioperative nurse can base his or her practice on evidence; Provides
point of care clinicians with tools that can assist in improving patient care, The evidence
collected is rated for quality and strength.
✔✔Which of the following statements reflects the findings from a research study of
more than 11,000 nurses conducted in 2007 related to the importance of certification? -
✔✔Enhances feelings of personal accomplishment; Validates specialized knowledge.
✔✔For a professional nurse, personal accountability means - ✔✔Willingness to take
responsibility for one's actions;
Being dependable in all situations;
Making the best decisions with the input available;
Willingness to bare consequences for one's actions
✔✔Which of the following statements are true about objective data? - ✔✔Data that is
the information written in the patient's record and nursing notes;
History, physical, and laboratory data are examples of objective data
✔✔Match the age groups with their ability for learning and understanding - ✔✔Birth to
one month- The child is able to express only through crying;
1-12 months- The baby will smile, babble, and gurgle;
One to three years- The baby is able to understand and respond to simple commands;
Three to six years- The child is able to literally interpret terms.
✔✔Patients in which of the following age groups have the greatest blood volume per
unit of body weight? - ✔✔Children
✔✔During the preoperative interview, why should the perioperative nurse ask patients
about their use of herbal preparations, alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs? -
✔✔Herbal supplements may affect the metabolism of drugs administered;
Recreational drug use may affect the choice of preoperative sedation;
Smoking may affect circulatory and respiratory system assessment results.
✔✔Which items are included in a psychosocial assessment? - ✔✔Coping styles;
cultural beliefs and practices;
Expectations of perioperative care;
Spiritual or religious beliefs
✔✔Which of the following statements is true? - ✔✔Lung capacity decreases with
increasing age
,✔✔Which of the following factors make geriatric patients more sensitive to injury and
cold? - ✔✔Decrease in subcutaneous fat
✔✔Why is it important to assess the use of herbal supplements or recreational drugs
before surgery? - ✔✔Herbal preparations can affect bleeding times;
Herbal preparations can interfere with drug metabolism;
Recreational drug use can result in withdrawal symptoms;
Recreational drug users may require higher doses of anesthetic medications.
✔✔What interventions can the perioperative nurse perform to protect elderly patients? -
✔✔Employ DVT prophylactic devices;
Position the patient for effective air exchange;
Use warming devices to maintain the normothermia
✔✔A child in which of the following age groups can be described as "likes to socialized
and can interpret terms"? - ✔✔3 to 6 years
✔✔The goal of patient and family education is to - ✔✔Provide information to the patient;
Improve knowledge;
Achieve long lasting changes in behavior;
Take ownership of the patient's care;
Improve the patient's outcome.
✔✔The importance of patient and family education is reflected by which of the following
phrases? - ✔✔Improvement in quality of care;
Increase in patient satisfaction;
Increase in patient compliance;
Ethical and legal mandates for patient education
✔✔Which of the following form part of patient's ongoing education needs as a patient? -
✔✔Contact information for questions or concerns after surgery;
Counseling on modified diet to be followed after surgery;
List of foods that might interfere with prescribed mediation;
Medications to be given and time intervals for taking.
✔✔Factors that affect the patient's ability to learn include - ✔✔Disability;
Fear of dying;
Pain;
Self-esteem
✔✔The perioperative nurse provides care to each patient undergoing a surgical
intervention in a manner that preserves and protects - ✔✔Patient autonomy, dignity,
and human rights
, ✔✔Patient and family education is a combination process involving - ✔✔Influencing
behavior;
Producing changes in knowledge;
Producing change in attitudes and skills
✔✔Factors that may affect an adult patient's ability to learn include - ✔✔Age;
Attitude;
Emotional state;
Intellectual ability;
Physical ability
✔✔The perioperative nurse should use the directive interview technique over a
nondirective interview technique when the information he or she needs - ✔✔Consists of
predetermined questions;
Consists of questions in a predetermined order;
Is to document the patient's health history
✔✔A preoperative patient's DNR order is - ✔✔Reconsidered to ensure that the risks
and benefits of anesthesia and surgery are discussed before surgery
✔✔Obtaining informed consent is a two step process of - ✔✔Communicating
information and documenting the decision
✔✔How does the perioperative nurse test the patient's level of understanding? - ✔✔By
asking questions about the procedure and evaluating the answer
✔✔A directive interview is - ✔✔Structures with predetermined questions
✔✔Factors that may affect the amount of pain the patient will experience
postoperatively are - ✔✔The surgical site;
The nature and intended purpose of the surgery;
the patient's fears regarding anesthesia or surgery
✔✔Which of the three elements required for an infection to occur is related to inanimate
environmental surfaces? - ✔✔Source or Reservoir
✔✔One of the most effective ways to prevent disease transmission and control
infections in health care settings is - ✔✔Hand Hygiene
✔✔Match the three types of transmission based precautions with the correct examples
of precautions that should be implemented - ✔✔Contact- Donning PPE and
environmental cleaning;
Droplet- Donning PPE and patient placement
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Benefits of evidence based practice include which of the following? - ✔✔The
professional perioperative nurse can base his or her practice on evidence; Provides
point of care clinicians with tools that can assist in improving patient care, The evidence
collected is rated for quality and strength.
✔✔Which of the following statements reflects the findings from a research study of
more than 11,000 nurses conducted in 2007 related to the importance of certification? -
✔✔Enhances feelings of personal accomplishment; Validates specialized knowledge.
✔✔For a professional nurse, personal accountability means - ✔✔Willingness to take
responsibility for one's actions;
Being dependable in all situations;
Making the best decisions with the input available;
Willingness to bare consequences for one's actions
✔✔Which of the following statements are true about objective data? - ✔✔Data that is
the information written in the patient's record and nursing notes;
History, physical, and laboratory data are examples of objective data
✔✔Match the age groups with their ability for learning and understanding - ✔✔Birth to
one month- The child is able to express only through crying;
1-12 months- The baby will smile, babble, and gurgle;
One to three years- The baby is able to understand and respond to simple commands;
Three to six years- The child is able to literally interpret terms.
✔✔Patients in which of the following age groups have the greatest blood volume per
unit of body weight? - ✔✔Children
✔✔During the preoperative interview, why should the perioperative nurse ask patients
about their use of herbal preparations, alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs? -
✔✔Herbal supplements may affect the metabolism of drugs administered;
Recreational drug use may affect the choice of preoperative sedation;
Smoking may affect circulatory and respiratory system assessment results.
✔✔Which items are included in a psychosocial assessment? - ✔✔Coping styles;
cultural beliefs and practices;
Expectations of perioperative care;
Spiritual or religious beliefs
✔✔Which of the following statements is true? - ✔✔Lung capacity decreases with
increasing age
,✔✔Which of the following factors make geriatric patients more sensitive to injury and
cold? - ✔✔Decrease in subcutaneous fat
✔✔Why is it important to assess the use of herbal supplements or recreational drugs
before surgery? - ✔✔Herbal preparations can affect bleeding times;
Herbal preparations can interfere with drug metabolism;
Recreational drug use can result in withdrawal symptoms;
Recreational drug users may require higher doses of anesthetic medications.
✔✔What interventions can the perioperative nurse perform to protect elderly patients? -
✔✔Employ DVT prophylactic devices;
Position the patient for effective air exchange;
Use warming devices to maintain the normothermia
✔✔A child in which of the following age groups can be described as "likes to socialized
and can interpret terms"? - ✔✔3 to 6 years
✔✔The goal of patient and family education is to - ✔✔Provide information to the patient;
Improve knowledge;
Achieve long lasting changes in behavior;
Take ownership of the patient's care;
Improve the patient's outcome.
✔✔The importance of patient and family education is reflected by which of the following
phrases? - ✔✔Improvement in quality of care;
Increase in patient satisfaction;
Increase in patient compliance;
Ethical and legal mandates for patient education
✔✔Which of the following form part of patient's ongoing education needs as a patient? -
✔✔Contact information for questions or concerns after surgery;
Counseling on modified diet to be followed after surgery;
List of foods that might interfere with prescribed mediation;
Medications to be given and time intervals for taking.
✔✔Factors that affect the patient's ability to learn include - ✔✔Disability;
Fear of dying;
Pain;
Self-esteem
✔✔The perioperative nurse provides care to each patient undergoing a surgical
intervention in a manner that preserves and protects - ✔✔Patient autonomy, dignity,
and human rights
, ✔✔Patient and family education is a combination process involving - ✔✔Influencing
behavior;
Producing changes in knowledge;
Producing change in attitudes and skills
✔✔Factors that may affect an adult patient's ability to learn include - ✔✔Age;
Attitude;
Emotional state;
Intellectual ability;
Physical ability
✔✔The perioperative nurse should use the directive interview technique over a
nondirective interview technique when the information he or she needs - ✔✔Consists of
predetermined questions;
Consists of questions in a predetermined order;
Is to document the patient's health history
✔✔A preoperative patient's DNR order is - ✔✔Reconsidered to ensure that the risks
and benefits of anesthesia and surgery are discussed before surgery
✔✔Obtaining informed consent is a two step process of - ✔✔Communicating
information and documenting the decision
✔✔How does the perioperative nurse test the patient's level of understanding? - ✔✔By
asking questions about the procedure and evaluating the answer
✔✔A directive interview is - ✔✔Structures with predetermined questions
✔✔Factors that may affect the amount of pain the patient will experience
postoperatively are - ✔✔The surgical site;
The nature and intended purpose of the surgery;
the patient's fears regarding anesthesia or surgery
✔✔Which of the three elements required for an infection to occur is related to inanimate
environmental surfaces? - ✔✔Source or Reservoir
✔✔One of the most effective ways to prevent disease transmission and control
infections in health care settings is - ✔✔Hand Hygiene
✔✔Match the three types of transmission based precautions with the correct examples
of precautions that should be implemented - ✔✔Contact- Donning PPE and
environmental cleaning;
Droplet- Donning PPE and patient placement
