NIFA EXAM 2026 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which region of the patient's abdomen is traditionally used to established
pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery?
a. periumbilical
b. supraumbilical
c. subumbilical
d. umbilical - Precise Answer ✔✔a. periumbilical
In addition to the surgon, which surgical team members wear sterile gowns and
gloves during the procedure? *select all that apply*
a. Anesthesia Care Provider
b. Circulation nurse
c. Scrub person
d. Surgical assistant - Precise Answer ✔✔C & D
The pathology laboratory and blood bank are usually situated in which of the
following areas?
a. Unrestricted
b. Semi-restricted
c. Restricted
d. Fully restricted - Precise Answer ✔✔a. unrestricted. Depending on the layout
other unrestricted areas include PACU, periop, waiting room, lab, blood bank, and
pathology.
Defining nursing goals and interventions strategies is a part of which phase of the
nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Nursing diagnosis
c. Outcome identification
d. Planning - Precise Answer ✔✔c. Outcome identification
The goals of the periop nursing interventions are to deliver optimal patient care
______________________.
*select all that apply*
,a. conveniently
b. effectively
c. efficiently
d. safely
e. skillfully - Precise Answer ✔✔B, C, D, &E. The goal of the periop nurse is to
deliver optimal pt care as safely, skillfully, efficiently, and effectively as possible.
Which of the following is considered a critical periop nursing diagnosis with the
PNDS?
a. Impaired tissue integrity
b. Pain
c. Risk for fluid volume deficit
d. Risk for perioperative positioning injury - Precise Answer ✔✔D. Risk for periop
positioning injury
Match each staff member with the appropriate responsibility:
1. Scrub person
2. RN circulator
3. Housekeeping
4. Nurse anesthetist
a. Administered anesthesia to the patient.
b. Monitors aseptic technique.
c. Creates and maintains a safe environment.
d. Cleans the furniture at the end of the OR day. - Precise Answer ✔✔1:B 2:C 3:D
4:A
Which items of attire should be worn where supplies are stored?
*select all that apply*
a. Scrub suit
b. Head cover
c. Shoe covers
d. Surgical mask - Precise Answer ✔✔A & B. Everyone who enters the semi-
restricted area of the OR must don attire that is intended for use within these areas
which includes body cover and head cover.
What phases of the nursing process does the periop nurse practice during the preop
,phase of the surgical experience?
*select all that apply*
a. Assessment
b. Evaluation
c. Identification of desired outcome
d. Implementation
e. Nursing Diagnosis
f. Planning - Precise Answer ✔✔A, C, E, &F.
Data collection is part of which phase in the nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Implementation
c. Nursing Diagnosis
d. Planning - Precise Answer ✔✔A. Assessment
Competency statements:
a. direct a nurses activity in the perioperative arena.
b. provide a basic model to eval the quality of nursing practice.
c. ascertain a level of skills and abilities necessary to fulfill the professional role.
d. all of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔d. all of the above
Based on what you have learned about the 3 surgical phases, identify the nursing
processes that are part of the intraoperative phase.
*select all that apply*
a. data collection
b. coordination of interventions
c. evaluation of nursing interventions.
d. development of plans of care.
e. implementation of the plan of care.
f. communicate care given. - Precise Answer ✔✔B, C, & E
The patient's hair should be covered before entering the ___________?
a. Semi-restricted zone
b. Unrestricted zone
c. Restricted Zone - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Restricted Zone
Based on the knowledge that you have gained about the 3 surgical zones, identify
the statements that are true to these zones. *select all that apply*
a. "racetrack" is a floor plan design
, b. The blood bank is a part of the semi-restricted zone.
c. There is unidirectional traffic in the semi-restricted zone.
d. the humidity in the restricted zone should remain below 50% at all times.
e. Temperature in the restricted zone can be maintained at 70F.
f. Air in the surgical suite is cleaned by passing through HEPA filters. - Precise
Answer ✔✔A, C, E & F
___________ are worn to protect against ethylene oxide exposure.
a. Thick, heavy-duty gloves
b. Utility gloves
c. Non-sterile gloves
d. Sterile gloves - Precise Answer ✔✔a. Thick heavy-duty gloves
Based on the knowledge you have gained about the surgical attire, identify the
correct statements. *select all that apply*
a. All hair, including beards and eyebrows, must be covered by surgical team
members during surgical procedures.
b. Protective gloves should be worn when removing shoe covers.
c. A disposable sterile gown, once worn, can be reused.
d. A mask can be reused.
e. A pathologist may wear a one piece coverall.
f. The mask should never dangle around the neck. - Precise Answer ✔✔B, E, & F.
The _________ should be sterile during a surgical procedure. *select all that
apply*
a. biohazard personnel
b. first assistant
c. anesthesia technician
d. surgeon - Precise Answer ✔✔B & C
The __________ assists the surgeon is suturing, ligating, and other tasks required
during the procedure.
a. scrub person
b. first assistant
c. anesthesia assistant
d. RN circulator - Precise Answer ✔✔b. first assistant
The administrative support staff should help ensure that the care delivered within
the surgical environment results in positive outcomes for the surgical patient.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which region of the patient's abdomen is traditionally used to established
pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery?
a. periumbilical
b. supraumbilical
c. subumbilical
d. umbilical - Precise Answer ✔✔a. periumbilical
In addition to the surgon, which surgical team members wear sterile gowns and
gloves during the procedure? *select all that apply*
a. Anesthesia Care Provider
b. Circulation nurse
c. Scrub person
d. Surgical assistant - Precise Answer ✔✔C & D
The pathology laboratory and blood bank are usually situated in which of the
following areas?
a. Unrestricted
b. Semi-restricted
c. Restricted
d. Fully restricted - Precise Answer ✔✔a. unrestricted. Depending on the layout
other unrestricted areas include PACU, periop, waiting room, lab, blood bank, and
pathology.
Defining nursing goals and interventions strategies is a part of which phase of the
nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Nursing diagnosis
c. Outcome identification
d. Planning - Precise Answer ✔✔c. Outcome identification
The goals of the periop nursing interventions are to deliver optimal patient care
______________________.
*select all that apply*
,a. conveniently
b. effectively
c. efficiently
d. safely
e. skillfully - Precise Answer ✔✔B, C, D, &E. The goal of the periop nurse is to
deliver optimal pt care as safely, skillfully, efficiently, and effectively as possible.
Which of the following is considered a critical periop nursing diagnosis with the
PNDS?
a. Impaired tissue integrity
b. Pain
c. Risk for fluid volume deficit
d. Risk for perioperative positioning injury - Precise Answer ✔✔D. Risk for periop
positioning injury
Match each staff member with the appropriate responsibility:
1. Scrub person
2. RN circulator
3. Housekeeping
4. Nurse anesthetist
a. Administered anesthesia to the patient.
b. Monitors aseptic technique.
c. Creates and maintains a safe environment.
d. Cleans the furniture at the end of the OR day. - Precise Answer ✔✔1:B 2:C 3:D
4:A
Which items of attire should be worn where supplies are stored?
*select all that apply*
a. Scrub suit
b. Head cover
c. Shoe covers
d. Surgical mask - Precise Answer ✔✔A & B. Everyone who enters the semi-
restricted area of the OR must don attire that is intended for use within these areas
which includes body cover and head cover.
What phases of the nursing process does the periop nurse practice during the preop
,phase of the surgical experience?
*select all that apply*
a. Assessment
b. Evaluation
c. Identification of desired outcome
d. Implementation
e. Nursing Diagnosis
f. Planning - Precise Answer ✔✔A, C, E, &F.
Data collection is part of which phase in the nursing process?
a. Assessment
b. Implementation
c. Nursing Diagnosis
d. Planning - Precise Answer ✔✔A. Assessment
Competency statements:
a. direct a nurses activity in the perioperative arena.
b. provide a basic model to eval the quality of nursing practice.
c. ascertain a level of skills and abilities necessary to fulfill the professional role.
d. all of the above. - Precise Answer ✔✔d. all of the above
Based on what you have learned about the 3 surgical phases, identify the nursing
processes that are part of the intraoperative phase.
*select all that apply*
a. data collection
b. coordination of interventions
c. evaluation of nursing interventions.
d. development of plans of care.
e. implementation of the plan of care.
f. communicate care given. - Precise Answer ✔✔B, C, & E
The patient's hair should be covered before entering the ___________?
a. Semi-restricted zone
b. Unrestricted zone
c. Restricted Zone - Precise Answer ✔✔C. Restricted Zone
Based on the knowledge that you have gained about the 3 surgical zones, identify
the statements that are true to these zones. *select all that apply*
a. "racetrack" is a floor plan design
, b. The blood bank is a part of the semi-restricted zone.
c. There is unidirectional traffic in the semi-restricted zone.
d. the humidity in the restricted zone should remain below 50% at all times.
e. Temperature in the restricted zone can be maintained at 70F.
f. Air in the surgical suite is cleaned by passing through HEPA filters. - Precise
Answer ✔✔A, C, E & F
___________ are worn to protect against ethylene oxide exposure.
a. Thick, heavy-duty gloves
b. Utility gloves
c. Non-sterile gloves
d. Sterile gloves - Precise Answer ✔✔a. Thick heavy-duty gloves
Based on the knowledge you have gained about the surgical attire, identify the
correct statements. *select all that apply*
a. All hair, including beards and eyebrows, must be covered by surgical team
members during surgical procedures.
b. Protective gloves should be worn when removing shoe covers.
c. A disposable sterile gown, once worn, can be reused.
d. A mask can be reused.
e. A pathologist may wear a one piece coverall.
f. The mask should never dangle around the neck. - Precise Answer ✔✔B, E, & F.
The _________ should be sterile during a surgical procedure. *select all that
apply*
a. biohazard personnel
b. first assistant
c. anesthesia technician
d. surgeon - Precise Answer ✔✔B & C
The __________ assists the surgeon is suturing, ligating, and other tasks required
during the procedure.
a. scrub person
b. first assistant
c. anesthesia assistant
d. RN circulator - Precise Answer ✔✔b. first assistant
The administrative support staff should help ensure that the care delivered within
the surgical environment results in positive outcomes for the surgical patient.
