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ursing interventions are called: Process Standards Outcome Standards Clinical Efficien
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QUESTION 2 zm
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ORIF. What wound class is it? Class1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
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ANSWER
Class 3 A fresh open trauma is classified as Contaminated (Class 3), A fresh trauma is one that is le
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QUESTION 4 zm
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QUESTION 5 zm
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ds for safely administering and monitoring anesthesia care Post-
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operative discharge criteria Ideal pressurization for rubberized spherical items
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ANSWER
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h ed Ch 17
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ANSWER
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ished the surgeon returns the item to the tray where the scrub person retrieves them. Hand to han
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ANSWER
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dividual nurse's responsibility to maintain his or her own competency and nursing practice. Alexand
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er's Care of the Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch. 3
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and regloving of the entire surgical team at the field The need for a separate surgical
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consent in addition to the bowel resection Antibiotic irrigation solution will be used
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ANSWER
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bowel resection are kept separate from the rest of the sterile back table. After wound irrigation the
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entire surgical team dons fresh gowns and gloves and switches to the closure set up of clean instru
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ments to prevent cross contamination of the abdomen with bowel organisms Alexander's Care of the
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Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch. 11
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QUESTION 9 zm
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ique 13th ed Ch 26
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QUESTION 10 zm
What does a uniform pattern on the Bowie -
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hat the instruments are sterile
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ANSWER
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QUESTION 11 zm
Counting sponges is a nursing action. The nurse is accountable. The belief that the sur
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geon is responsible for all actions taken by staff in surgery, known as 'The Captain of
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the Ship' is outdated and no longer legally valid. The nurse is legally responsible for t
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he surgical count. What type of law deals with injury to a person such as a retained o
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QUESTION 12 zm
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ace the cast in the recovery area.
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ANSWER
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QUESTION 13 zm
Which of the following uses cavitation? Washer-
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sterilizer Manual cleaning Low temperature hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization Ul
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ANSWER
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trasonic energy is called cavitation. These sound waves generate tiny bubbles in the solution to get i
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nto the crevices of the instruments that are impossible to clean by other methods. The bubbles expa
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nd until they become unstable and collapse. This implosion generates minute vacuum areas that disl
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odge soil. Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13th ed Ch 17
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QUESTION 14 zm
If a patient is hypoventilating post operatively what do you expect to happen to the p
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atient's blood gasses? The pH will go up and the CO2 will go down The pH will go up
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and the HCO3 will go down The PH will go down and the CO2 will go up The pH will
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go down and the HCO3 will go down
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ANSWER
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ry Opposite) Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13th ed Ch 27
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QUESTION 15 zm
Exam Solution zm
CNOR Exam Zander 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLE
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TE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (59527)
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QUESTION 1 zm
The patient's desirable and measurable physiological and psychological responses to n
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ursing interventions are called: Process Standards Outcome Standards Clinical Efficien
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cy Quality Improvement
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ANSWER
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sential indicator of the quality patient care. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch 1
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QUESTION 2 zm
What the wound classification for vaginal hysterectomy? Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class
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4
ANSWER
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ery 16th ed. Ch 9
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QUESTION 3 zm
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ORIF. What wound class is it? Class1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
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ANSWER
Class 3 A fresh open trauma is classified as Contaminated (Class 3), A fresh trauma is one that is le
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ss than 4-
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QUESTION 4 zm
,Patients with one or more of Virchow's triad are at increased risk for Deep vein thro
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mbosis Hemorrhage Surgical site infection Respiratory distress
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ANSWER
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thrombosis. Hypercoagulability. Hemodynamic changes (stasis, turbulence) Endothelial injury/dysfun
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ction. DVT is at an increased risk Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch. 24
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QUESTION 5 zm
The Spaulding classification system is used to determine: Appropriate methods to atta
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in desired level of processing required for safety in patient care items. Safety standar
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ds for safely administering and monitoring anesthesia care Post-
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operative discharge criteria Ideal pressurization for rubberized spherical items
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ANSWER
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arle Spaulding, a microbiologist, developed a classification system in 1968 to determine the appropri
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ate method to attain the desired level of processing required for safety in patient care items. This s
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ystem was adopted and later modified by the CDC. Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13t
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h ed Ch 17
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QUESTION 6 zm
When passing the knife to the surgeon the best practice would be... To place the knife
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into a designated tray and so the surgeon can pick it up To firmly place the blade ha
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ndle into the surgeon's palm Let the surgeon take what he wants from the mayo stan
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d With the use of a safety scalpel passing device
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ANSWER
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ished the surgeon returns the item to the tray where the scrub person retrieves them. Hand to han
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d passing of sharps increases the chance of accidental sharps injury. Nobody but me gets to touch
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my mayo stand and I made up the safety scalpel passing device. Alexander's Care of the Patient in S
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urgery 16th ed. Ch. 7 zm zm zm zm
QUESTION 7 zm
The ultimate responsibility for the nurse's competency is: Nurse Educator Manager Di
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rector
ANSWER
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dividual nurse's responsibility to maintain his or her own competency and nursing practice. Alexand
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er's Care of the Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch. 3
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,QUESTION 8 zm
During a bowel resection for malignancy the circulating nurse anticipates... Recounting
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sponges sharps and instruments after the GI tract is clamped Prepare for regowning
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and regloving of the entire surgical team at the field The need for a separate surgical
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consent in addition to the bowel resection Antibiotic irrigation solution will be used
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ANSWER
Prepare for regowning and regloving of the entire surgical team at the field Instruments used for a
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bowel resection are kept separate from the rest of the sterile back table. After wound irrigation the
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entire surgical team dons fresh gowns and gloves and switches to the closure set up of clean instru
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ments to prevent cross contamination of the abdomen with bowel organisms Alexander's Care of the
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Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch. 11
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QUESTION 9 zm
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ANSWER
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ay require padding to prevent pressure and shearing force. Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Techn
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ique 13th ed Ch 26
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QUESTION 10 zm
What does a uniform pattern on the Bowie -
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Dick indicate? The vacuum cycle functioned properly The sterilization parameters hav
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e been met That the dynamic air removal sterilizer is ready to sterilize instruments T
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hat the instruments are sterile
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ANSWER
The vacuum cycle functioned properly A uniform pattern on the Bowie-
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Dick card indicates that a vacuum was created inside the chamber. It doesn't measure anything mor
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e than that Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery 16th ed. Ch. 4
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QUESTION 11 zm
Counting sponges is a nursing action. The nurse is accountable. The belief that the sur
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geon is responsible for all actions taken by staff in surgery, known as 'The Captain of
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the Ship' is outdated and no longer legally valid. The nurse is legally responsible for t
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he surgical count. What type of law deals with injury to a person such as a retained o
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bject? Civil Law Criminal Law Civic Law Tort Law
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A retained object is tort claim. Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13th ed Ch 3
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QUESTION 12 zm
The surgeon is preparing to place plaster cast on the patient after the ORIF. Accordin
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g to rule of confine and contain what should happen next? How should the perioperat
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ive nurse respond? Ask the surgeon to remove his gown and gloves Remove the case
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cart from the room Tell the scrubbed person to cover the table Ask the surgeon to pl
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ace the cast in the recovery area.
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ANSWER
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ation to the hands from the lime content the surgeon should done non sterile disposable gloves. Ber
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ry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13th ed Ch 36
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Which of the following uses cavitation? Washer-
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sterilizer Manual cleaning Low temperature hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization Ul
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ANSWER
Ultrasonic cleaning Ultrasonic cleaning uses high frequency sound waves. Cleaning with the use of ul
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trasonic energy is called cavitation. These sound waves generate tiny bubbles in the solution to get i
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nto the crevices of the instruments that are impossible to clean by other methods. The bubbles expa
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nd until they become unstable and collapse. This implosion generates minute vacuum areas that disl
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odge soil. Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13th ed Ch 17
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QUESTION 14 zm
If a patient is hypoventilating post operatively what do you expect to happen to the p
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atient's blood gasses? The pH will go up and the CO2 will go down The pH will go up
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and the HCO3 will go down The PH will go down and the CO2 will go up The pH will
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go down and the HCO3 will go down
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ANSWER
The PH will go down and the CO2 will go up Hypoventilation means the patient will not be blowing
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moff the CO2 adequately, so you'd expect the CO2 to rise. When the CO2 rises the pH falls (Respirato
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ry Opposite) Berry and Kohn's Operating Room Technique 13th ed Ch 27
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QUESTION 15 zm
