AORN Final Exam 2026 with all Correct & 100% Verified
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All of the following professionals are qualified to provide anesthesia to a patent EXCEPT: A.
Operating surgeon
B. Certified registered nurse anesthetist
C. Anesthesiologist assistant
D. Anesthesiologist ✔Correct answer-A. Operating surgeon
True or False:
According to the ASA's NPO guidelines, infant formula, non human milk, and a light meal such as
toast and clear liquid may 𝑏e consumed up to 6 hours 𝑏efore surgery. ✔Correct answer-True
Which one of the following is NOT a duty of the perioperative nurse during surgery?
A. O𝑏taining and checking 𝑏lood products
B. Positioning forced-air warming equipment
C. Monitoring the patient's response to anesthesia
D. Monitoring the patient according to the pre operative plan of care and making adjustments as
needed ✔Correct answer-C. Monitoring the patient's response to anesthesia
Which piece of anesthesia equipment is shown here?
A. Rapid transfusion device
B. Suction equipment
C. Anesthesia machine
D. Warming device ✔Correct answer-C. Anesthesia machine
Which of the following is NOT used to secure and manage a patient's airway?
A. ET tu𝑏e
B. LMA
C. Nasal cannula
D. Oral airway ✔Correct answer-C. Nasal cannula
Anesthesia airway equipment: ✔Correct answer-
Which of the following types of anesthesia must 𝑏e administered 𝑏y an anesthesia professional?
SATA
A. Local anesthesia
B. Moderate sedation
C. Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)
D. General anesthesia ✔Correct answer-C. & D.
Which of the following monitors assesses the depth of anesthesia?
A. Pulmonary Artery Catheter
, B. Bispectral Index Monitor
C. Transesophogeal Echocardiography
D. Central Venous Pressure ✔Correct answer-B. Bispectral Index
Monitor
Which of the following neuraxial anesthesia procedures descri 𝑏es the spinal 𝑏lock?
A. Local anesthetic is injected near nerve 𝑏undles.
B. Local anesthetic is injected into the space 𝑏etween the ligamentum flavum and dura.
C. Local anesthetic is injected into su 𝑏arachnoid space.
D. Local anesthetic is injected into a vein after tourniquet inflation. ✔Correct answer-C. Local
anesthetic is injected into su𝑏arachnoid space.
Sedation can 𝑏e used with any of the following types of anesthesia EXCEPT:
A. Local
B. Monitored
C. General
D. Regional ✔Correct answer-A.
Local
The most specific sign of an MH crisis is
A. Hypertension
B. An increase in end-tidal CO2
C. Skin mottling
D. Tachycardia ✔Correct answer-B. An increase in end-tidal CO2
Which of the following is associated with increased risk for perioperative hypothermia?
A. Older age
B. Hyperthyroidism
C. Higher than normal BMI
D. Hypertension ✔Correct answer-A. Older age
Identify ACTIVE warming methods
Surgical drapes
Circulating water garments
Cotton 𝑏lankets
Forced-air warming methods
Increased am𝑏ient room temperature
Warmed IV fluids ✔Correct answer-Circulating water garments
Forced-air warming methods
Increased am𝑏ient room temperature
Warmed IV fluids
PASSIVE warming methods: cotton 𝑏lankets and surgical drapes
True or False:
LAST occurs as a result of local medication injection directly into a 𝑏lood vessel or from slow
a𝑏sorption ✔Correct answer-True
Answers |Latest Version |Already Graded A+
All of the following professionals are qualified to provide anesthesia to a patent EXCEPT: A.
Operating surgeon
B. Certified registered nurse anesthetist
C. Anesthesiologist assistant
D. Anesthesiologist ✔Correct answer-A. Operating surgeon
True or False:
According to the ASA's NPO guidelines, infant formula, non human milk, and a light meal such as
toast and clear liquid may 𝑏e consumed up to 6 hours 𝑏efore surgery. ✔Correct answer-True
Which one of the following is NOT a duty of the perioperative nurse during surgery?
A. O𝑏taining and checking 𝑏lood products
B. Positioning forced-air warming equipment
C. Monitoring the patient's response to anesthesia
D. Monitoring the patient according to the pre operative plan of care and making adjustments as
needed ✔Correct answer-C. Monitoring the patient's response to anesthesia
Which piece of anesthesia equipment is shown here?
A. Rapid transfusion device
B. Suction equipment
C. Anesthesia machine
D. Warming device ✔Correct answer-C. Anesthesia machine
Which of the following is NOT used to secure and manage a patient's airway?
A. ET tu𝑏e
B. LMA
C. Nasal cannula
D. Oral airway ✔Correct answer-C. Nasal cannula
Anesthesia airway equipment: ✔Correct answer-
Which of the following types of anesthesia must 𝑏e administered 𝑏y an anesthesia professional?
SATA
A. Local anesthesia
B. Moderate sedation
C. Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)
D. General anesthesia ✔Correct answer-C. & D.
Which of the following monitors assesses the depth of anesthesia?
A. Pulmonary Artery Catheter
, B. Bispectral Index Monitor
C. Transesophogeal Echocardiography
D. Central Venous Pressure ✔Correct answer-B. Bispectral Index
Monitor
Which of the following neuraxial anesthesia procedures descri 𝑏es the spinal 𝑏lock?
A. Local anesthetic is injected near nerve 𝑏undles.
B. Local anesthetic is injected into the space 𝑏etween the ligamentum flavum and dura.
C. Local anesthetic is injected into su 𝑏arachnoid space.
D. Local anesthetic is injected into a vein after tourniquet inflation. ✔Correct answer-C. Local
anesthetic is injected into su𝑏arachnoid space.
Sedation can 𝑏e used with any of the following types of anesthesia EXCEPT:
A. Local
B. Monitored
C. General
D. Regional ✔Correct answer-A.
Local
The most specific sign of an MH crisis is
A. Hypertension
B. An increase in end-tidal CO2
C. Skin mottling
D. Tachycardia ✔Correct answer-B. An increase in end-tidal CO2
Which of the following is associated with increased risk for perioperative hypothermia?
A. Older age
B. Hyperthyroidism
C. Higher than normal BMI
D. Hypertension ✔Correct answer-A. Older age
Identify ACTIVE warming methods
Surgical drapes
Circulating water garments
Cotton 𝑏lankets
Forced-air warming methods
Increased am𝑏ient room temperature
Warmed IV fluids ✔Correct answer-Circulating water garments
Forced-air warming methods
Increased am𝑏ient room temperature
Warmed IV fluids
PASSIVE warming methods: cotton 𝑏lankets and surgical drapes
True or False:
LAST occurs as a result of local medication injection directly into a 𝑏lood vessel or from slow
a𝑏sorption ✔Correct answer-True
