2026 AORN Intro to PeriOp Nursing Final Exam Review (IPN19) ||
Guaranteed Pass.
What outlines the professional RN's legal scope of practice? correct answers Practice acts
The overall goal of QSEN addresses the challenge of preparing future RNs with the __________
needed to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they
work? correct answers Knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs)
Professional Accountability: Collaboration on surgical procedures correct answers Choosing the
right equipment, instruments, and positioning devices in collaboration with peers
Professional Accountability: Commitment to nursing correct answers Becoming certified
Professional Accountability: Commitment to patients correct answers Maintaining current
knowledge and providing a safe environment
Professional Accountability: Overall nursing performance correct answers Self-evaluating,
seeking peer evaluations
Who is responsible for evaluating the perioperative RN's practice with respect to professional
standards and ensuring that the RN stays current in nursing knowledge? correct answers The RN
themselves
Being dependable in all situations, taking responsibility for your actions, and making decisions
using the best input available at the time are examples of what type of accountability? correct
answers Personal
SATA: Which of the following are ways in which perioperative RNs can improve professionally?
, a.) Completing online CE activities
b.) Reading perioperative journals
c.) Attending continuing education conferences
d.) Attending AORN chapter meetings correct answers All of the above
SATA: Identify the nursing processes that are part of the preoperative phase:
a.) Developing a nursing diagnosis
b.) Collecting data
c.) Developing plans of care
d.) Evaluating nursing interventions
e.) Identifying possible complications from the surgical procedure
g.) Performing a patient assessment correct answers a.) Developing a nursing diagnosis
b.) Collecting data
c.) Developing plans of care
g.) Performing a patient assessment
SATA: Identify the nursing processes that are part of the intraoperative phase:
a.) Collecting data
b.) Developing plans of care
c.) Evaluating nursing interventions
d.) Communicating care given
e.) Coordinating interventions
f.) Implementing the plan of care correct answers a.) Implementing the plan of care
b.) Coordinating interventions
c.) Evaluating nursing interventions
Guaranteed Pass.
What outlines the professional RN's legal scope of practice? correct answers Practice acts
The overall goal of QSEN addresses the challenge of preparing future RNs with the __________
needed to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they
work? correct answers Knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs)
Professional Accountability: Collaboration on surgical procedures correct answers Choosing the
right equipment, instruments, and positioning devices in collaboration with peers
Professional Accountability: Commitment to nursing correct answers Becoming certified
Professional Accountability: Commitment to patients correct answers Maintaining current
knowledge and providing a safe environment
Professional Accountability: Overall nursing performance correct answers Self-evaluating,
seeking peer evaluations
Who is responsible for evaluating the perioperative RN's practice with respect to professional
standards and ensuring that the RN stays current in nursing knowledge? correct answers The RN
themselves
Being dependable in all situations, taking responsibility for your actions, and making decisions
using the best input available at the time are examples of what type of accountability? correct
answers Personal
SATA: Which of the following are ways in which perioperative RNs can improve professionally?
, a.) Completing online CE activities
b.) Reading perioperative journals
c.) Attending continuing education conferences
d.) Attending AORN chapter meetings correct answers All of the above
SATA: Identify the nursing processes that are part of the preoperative phase:
a.) Developing a nursing diagnosis
b.) Collecting data
c.) Developing plans of care
d.) Evaluating nursing interventions
e.) Identifying possible complications from the surgical procedure
g.) Performing a patient assessment correct answers a.) Developing a nursing diagnosis
b.) Collecting data
c.) Developing plans of care
g.) Performing a patient assessment
SATA: Identify the nursing processes that are part of the intraoperative phase:
a.) Collecting data
b.) Developing plans of care
c.) Evaluating nursing interventions
d.) Communicating care given
e.) Coordinating interventions
f.) Implementing the plan of care correct answers a.) Implementing the plan of care
b.) Coordinating interventions
c.) Evaluating nursing interventions
