NCCT Actual Questions and Correct Answers
Q1
Perioperative Documentation
Answer: Describes nursing diagnoses and outcomes during surgery. Hospital Policies
Guidelines based on local and national care standards. Medication Checkpoints Verify
drugs at pharmacy, drawing, and administration. Sentinel Event Severe incident like
wrong-site surgery requiring reporting. Negligence Failure to meet standard care by a
tech. Legal Protection Document assessments and interventions to safeguard against
lawsuits. Nursing Informatics Specialty using computer science for data management.
Patient Education Assessment is crucial for effective patient teaching. Teaching
Documentation Include topics taught and patient demonstration of knowledge. Patient
Response Document pain reduction and patient mobility post-medication. Therapeutic
Communication Develops partnership between patient and healthcare tech. Telephone
Orders Repeat orders back to ensure accuracy.
Q2
Duty of perioperative tech with patient specimens
Answer: Labeling the specimen with patient name and the source of the specimen.
Timing for sponge count during surgery Both A and C Type of light source on
endoscope to reduce tissue damage Cold light Requirement for managing exposure to
blood borne pathogens Employers are required to provide measures for hand hygiene
practices. Guidelines for scrubbing in for a procedure Rinse thoroughly, keeping the
hands lower than the elbows.
Q3
Consideration when draping a patient
Answer: Discard a drape that has become contaminated and replace it with a sterile
one. Patients at highest risk for intraoperatively acquired neuropathy Both A and B
Measures performed for appendectomy patient Both A and C Next layer cut after
subcutaneous fat in midline abdominal incision Fascia Solutions for surgical skin prep
against bacteria Chlorhexidine gluconate Important points for surgical skin prep Avoid
allowing the prep solution to collect underneath the patient in large amounts. Surgical
area considered dirty to clean last Genitalia First reaction to patient spiking a fever
during blood product administration Administer oxygen by non-rebreather mask at
10L/min. Hypovolemia nursing interventions Add NaCl to the patient‟s intravenous
solution. Skin staples disadvantage The skin stapler is difficult to load and to use.
Extubation process Provide ten more minutes of assisted ventilation using a bag
connected to the ET tube. Neurosurgery hair removal timing After admission, following
the preoperative teaching period. Additional instruments for reduction mammoplasty
Specimen scale. Contamination around sterile field Dropping items onto the sterile
field.
Q1
Perioperative Documentation
Answer: Describes nursing diagnoses and outcomes during surgery. Hospital Policies
Guidelines based on local and national care standards. Medication Checkpoints Verify
drugs at pharmacy, drawing, and administration. Sentinel Event Severe incident like
wrong-site surgery requiring reporting. Negligence Failure to meet standard care by a
tech. Legal Protection Document assessments and interventions to safeguard against
lawsuits. Nursing Informatics Specialty using computer science for data management.
Patient Education Assessment is crucial for effective patient teaching. Teaching
Documentation Include topics taught and patient demonstration of knowledge. Patient
Response Document pain reduction and patient mobility post-medication. Therapeutic
Communication Develops partnership between patient and healthcare tech. Telephone
Orders Repeat orders back to ensure accuracy.
Q2
Duty of perioperative tech with patient specimens
Answer: Labeling the specimen with patient name and the source of the specimen.
Timing for sponge count during surgery Both A and C Type of light source on
endoscope to reduce tissue damage Cold light Requirement for managing exposure to
blood borne pathogens Employers are required to provide measures for hand hygiene
practices. Guidelines for scrubbing in for a procedure Rinse thoroughly, keeping the
hands lower than the elbows.
Q3
Consideration when draping a patient
Answer: Discard a drape that has become contaminated and replace it with a sterile
one. Patients at highest risk for intraoperatively acquired neuropathy Both A and B
Measures performed for appendectomy patient Both A and C Next layer cut after
subcutaneous fat in midline abdominal incision Fascia Solutions for surgical skin prep
against bacteria Chlorhexidine gluconate Important points for surgical skin prep Avoid
allowing the prep solution to collect underneath the patient in large amounts. Surgical
area considered dirty to clean last Genitalia First reaction to patient spiking a fever
during blood product administration Administer oxygen by non-rebreather mask at
10L/min. Hypovolemia nursing interventions Add NaCl to the patient‟s intravenous
solution. Skin staples disadvantage The skin stapler is difficult to load and to use.
Extubation process Provide ten more minutes of assisted ventilation using a bag
connected to the ET tube. Neurosurgery hair removal timing After admission, following
the preoperative teaching period. Additional instruments for reduction mammoplasty
Specimen scale. Contamination around sterile field Dropping items onto the sterile
field.
