CNOR ACTUAL LATEST FINAL

CNOR ACTUAL LATEST FINAL

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During a procedure under local anesthesia, the patient complains of circumoral numbness, blurred vision, and dizziness. What should be the immediate action of the perioperative nurse monitoring this patient?

• Recheck the dose of local anesthesia given
• Ensure an airway
• Set the IV line to full flow
• Call for 20% lipid emulsion to be brought to the room - ANSWER-b

The circulating nurse reports that the needle count is incorrect. The surgeon continues to close the wound, stating, "I know it is not in the wound and I am not

going to stop to look for it." The best plan of action is to:

• Accept the surgeon's response without comment and fill out an incident report 1 / 4

• Inform the surgeon of hospital policy and document subsequent actions
• Order X-rays regardless of the surgeon's wishes
• Notify the OR supervisor and ask for advice - ANSWER-b

A new employee unknowingly dispensed an unsterile solution to the sterile field.The following day, the supervisor learns of the incident. The supervisor's first

action would be to:

• Initiate an incident report
• Instruct the employee on the technique of reading labels
• Counsel the employee verbally
• Notify the surgeon of the break in technique - ANSWER-d

Due to an emergency, the perioperative nurse is unable to conduct the sponge, sharps, and instrument counts. At the conclusion of the surgery, the nurse should:

• Ask the surgeon to sign the count
• Immediately notify the OR supervisor
• Document the absence of counts
• Refuse to sign the sponge count record - ANSWER-c

The optimum patient position provides:

• Access and exposure, maintains circulatory and respiratory functions, and does

not compromise neuromuscular structures.

• Optimum access and exposure to surgical site, with no permanent compromise

to neuromuscular structures. 2 / 4

• Access for the surgeon, does not compromise the neuromuscular structures, and

maintains an adequate airway for the anesthetist.

• Sustained circulatory and respiratory functions, does not compromise

neuromuscular structures, and maintains body alignment. - ANSWER-a

In the positioning of a patient in the prone position, the primary reason for using

chest rolls is to provide for:

• Better exposure of the operative site
• Adequate circulation
• Unrestricted respiratory exchange - ANSWER-c

What do you do to protect the patient in supine position?

• Place a small roll in the lumbar area
• Provide padding under the lower extremities allowing the heels to float
• Place a folded pillow under the knees
• Place the arms at the sides, palms down - ANSWER-b

Just before the transfer of a patient with a fractured femur, the surgeon is called to

the telephone. In response to this situation, the circulating nurse should:

• Wait for the surgeon to return to assign responsibility for supporting the fracture
• Call the supervisor to request assistance with the transfer
• Take responsibility for supporting the fracture
• Call for another person and proceed to transfer the patient - ANSWER-a
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The proper way to tuck the patient's arms at his or her sides is to place the upper

flaps of the draw sheet up over the arms and tuck it under the:

• Mattress
• Bed Frame
• Patient
• Sled - ANSWER-c

Which patient is most at risk for inadvertent hypothermia during surgery?

• An 86-year-old bowel resection patient with cancer
• An 18-month-old bronchoscopy for removal of a foreign object
• 55-year-old female for AV fistula for dialysis
• 15-year-old male for left knee arthroscopy - ANSWER-a

For a very obese patient undergoing vaginal hysterectomy, additional padding will be needed at the lateral aspect of the knee to prevent compression injury to which nerve?

• Sciatic
• Peroneal
• Obturator
• Saphenous - ANSWER-b

After transfer of a tonsillectomy patient to the transportation vehicle, in which of the following positions should the patient be placed to facilitate drainage?

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