NIFA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDES
WITH ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
To promote facility-wide best practices in sterile technique, AORN recommends that
registered nurses:
a. practice collaboration, leadership, and teamwork in the perioperative environment
b. take part in ongoing quality assurance, monitoring, and performance activities
designed to improve the performance of sterile technique
c. help establish a culture in which concerns about breaches in sterile technique are
communicated immediately and appropriately
d. all of the above
Team building can increase efficiency and productivity resulting in:
a. improved outcomes in delivery of services
b. higher staff morale
c. increased patient satisfaction
,d. all of the above
A thorough preoperative assessment is critical during which the perioperative nurse
must identify unique patient considerations that may require additional precautions or
contraindications related to MIS procedures. This assessment must include
identification of risk factors related to 1. Extreme positioning 2. Prevention of venous
stasis 3. Informed consent. 4. Fluid management
a. 3 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 1, 2, 3, and 4
d. 1, 2, and 4
When counting needles in a multiple needle suture pack:
a. it is safe to assume that the package count is correct
b. the empty suture package may be used to reconcile a discrepancy in the count
c. only the scrub person is responsible for counting the needles
d. the scrub person should verify the number of needles when the package is opened
,The electrosurgical dispersive pad should be applied ________________.
a. on a rough, irregular body surface
b. to a muscular area
c. to a bony prominence
d. to an area of moisture
When gathering information about medications that the patient is taking, it is important
to include:
a. physician prescribed medications
b. over the counter medications and vitamins
c. herbal medications that the patient may be taking
d. all of the above
ECG leads can be the site of alternate burns. What actions can help prevent these?
, a. make sure that hard electrical contact engages the patient and the ground
b. use electrodes that concentrate the current
c. locate ECG leads as far as possible from the operative site
d. place ground pad as far away from the operative site as possible
When decontaminating and cleaning a pneumatically powered surgical instrument
a. the gas hose should remain attached to the handpiece.
b. all of the above.
c. a detergent/disinfectant solution should be use
d. the outside should be dried with lint free towels.
One of the two strongest layers in tissue closure includes the:
Core Curriculum for the RN First Assistant, 5th ed., p. 75
a. Subcutaneous tissue
b. Fascia
WITH ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
To promote facility-wide best practices in sterile technique, AORN recommends that
registered nurses:
a. practice collaboration, leadership, and teamwork in the perioperative environment
b. take part in ongoing quality assurance, monitoring, and performance activities
designed to improve the performance of sterile technique
c. help establish a culture in which concerns about breaches in sterile technique are
communicated immediately and appropriately
d. all of the above
Team building can increase efficiency and productivity resulting in:
a. improved outcomes in delivery of services
b. higher staff morale
c. increased patient satisfaction
,d. all of the above
A thorough preoperative assessment is critical during which the perioperative nurse
must identify unique patient considerations that may require additional precautions or
contraindications related to MIS procedures. This assessment must include
identification of risk factors related to 1. Extreme positioning 2. Prevention of venous
stasis 3. Informed consent. 4. Fluid management
a. 3 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 1, 2, 3, and 4
d. 1, 2, and 4
When counting needles in a multiple needle suture pack:
a. it is safe to assume that the package count is correct
b. the empty suture package may be used to reconcile a discrepancy in the count
c. only the scrub person is responsible for counting the needles
d. the scrub person should verify the number of needles when the package is opened
,The electrosurgical dispersive pad should be applied ________________.
a. on a rough, irregular body surface
b. to a muscular area
c. to a bony prominence
d. to an area of moisture
When gathering information about medications that the patient is taking, it is important
to include:
a. physician prescribed medications
b. over the counter medications and vitamins
c. herbal medications that the patient may be taking
d. all of the above
ECG leads can be the site of alternate burns. What actions can help prevent these?
, a. make sure that hard electrical contact engages the patient and the ground
b. use electrodes that concentrate the current
c. locate ECG leads as far as possible from the operative site
d. place ground pad as far away from the operative site as possible
When decontaminating and cleaning a pneumatically powered surgical instrument
a. the gas hose should remain attached to the handpiece.
b. all of the above.
c. a detergent/disinfectant solution should be use
d. the outside should be dried with lint free towels.
One of the two strongest layers in tissue closure includes the:
Core Curriculum for the RN First Assistant, 5th ed., p. 75
a. Subcutaneous tissue
b. Fascia
