AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS FULLY VERIFIED
●● 2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide
variety of instrument sizes.
Answer: What are disposable stapler sets?
●● 3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Symbols.
Answer: What is cc?
●● 5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal
hysterectomy.
Answer: What is Clean contaminated?
●● 4.Following an excisional breast biopsy, the circulating nurse would
anticipate the need to have available this type of drain
Answer: What is a Jackson-Pratt?
●● 6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and
respiratory compromise due to pressure on the abdomen.
Answer: What is Lithotomy Position?
,●● 7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is a
recommended practice for this:
Answer: What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury.
●● 8.An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the
transmission of microorganisms to personnel when handling body fluid
spills
Answer: What is personal protective equipment?
●● 9.It is recommended to inspect the active electrode for insulation
defects to prevent this from occurring during MIS
Answer: What is capacitive coupling?
●● 10. According to AORN RP for positioning the patient, the
perioperative nurse should:
What is...
a. Use a consistent method of procedure-specific position for each
patient
b. Rely on the surgeon's and anesthesia provider's assessments to guide
positioning
c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient
considerations
, d. Depend on the patient's natural defense mechanisms to indicate the
need for positioning alterations
Answer: c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique
patient considerations
●● 11.The disadvantage of using this type of wound closure is because
they often cause more scarring than other skin closure methods.
Answer: What is skin clips?
●● 12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate
decision violates a patient's ethical right to...
Answer: What is Self-determination?
●● 13. This type of human factor error is responsible when a
perioperative nurse is trying to attend to several tasks at once
Answer: What is situational-based error?
●● 14.Restricting pathogenic organisms from the patient, environment,
equipment, and supplies is the definition of....
Answer: What is aseptic technique?
●● The most important consideration when selecting these materials is
to prevent risk of contaminating patients with endogenous and
GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS FULLY VERIFIED
●● 2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide
variety of instrument sizes.
Answer: What are disposable stapler sets?
●● 3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Symbols.
Answer: What is cc?
●● 5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal
hysterectomy.
Answer: What is Clean contaminated?
●● 4.Following an excisional breast biopsy, the circulating nurse would
anticipate the need to have available this type of drain
Answer: What is a Jackson-Pratt?
●● 6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and
respiratory compromise due to pressure on the abdomen.
Answer: What is Lithotomy Position?
,●● 7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is a
recommended practice for this:
Answer: What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury.
●● 8.An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the
transmission of microorganisms to personnel when handling body fluid
spills
Answer: What is personal protective equipment?
●● 9.It is recommended to inspect the active electrode for insulation
defects to prevent this from occurring during MIS
Answer: What is capacitive coupling?
●● 10. According to AORN RP for positioning the patient, the
perioperative nurse should:
What is...
a. Use a consistent method of procedure-specific position for each
patient
b. Rely on the surgeon's and anesthesia provider's assessments to guide
positioning
c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient
considerations
, d. Depend on the patient's natural defense mechanisms to indicate the
need for positioning alterations
Answer: c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique
patient considerations
●● 11.The disadvantage of using this type of wound closure is because
they often cause more scarring than other skin closure methods.
Answer: What is skin clips?
●● 12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate
decision violates a patient's ethical right to...
Answer: What is Self-determination?
●● 13. This type of human factor error is responsible when a
perioperative nurse is trying to attend to several tasks at once
Answer: What is situational-based error?
●● 14.Restricting pathogenic organisms from the patient, environment,
equipment, and supplies is the definition of....
Answer: What is aseptic technique?
●● The most important consideration when selecting these materials is
to prevent risk of contaminating patients with endogenous and
