AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

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AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

Questions and Answers (Verified Revised Full Exam)

• What is a Blunt needle point

Ans>> 1.This type of needle point is what you would expect to be needed for suturing friable tissue such as the liver.

• What are disposable stapler sets

Ans>> 2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide variety of instrument sizes.

• What is cc

Ans>> 3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.

• What is Clean contaminated

Ans>> 5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal hysterectomy.

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• What is a Jackson-Pratt

Ans>> 4.Following an excisional breast biopsy, the circulat- ing nurse would anticipate the need to have available this type of drain

• What is Lithotomy Position

Ans>> 6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and respiratory compromise due to pressure on the abdomen.

• What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury

Ans>> 7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is a recommended practice

for this:

• What is personal protective equipment

Ans>> 8.An environmental sanitation prac- tice that is required to limit the transmission of microorganisms to personnel when handling body fluid spills

• What is capacitive coupling

Ans>> 9.It is recommended to inspect the active elec- trode for insulation defects to prevent this from occurring during MIS

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• c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient con-

siderations: 10. According to AORN RP for positioning the patient, the perioperative nurse should: What is...

• Use a consistent method of procedure-specific position for each patient
• Rely on the surgeon's and anesthesia provider's assessments to guide positioning
• use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient considerations
• Depend on the patient's natural defense mechanisms to indicate the need for positioning

alterations

• What is skin clips

Ans>> 11.The disadvantage of using this type of wound closure is because they often cause more scarring than other skin closure methods.

• What is Self-determination

Ans>> 12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate decision violates a patient's ethical right to...

• What is situational-based error

Ans>> 13. This type of human factor error is respon- sible when a perioperative nurse is trying to attend to several tasks at once

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