AORN PERIOP 101 Final Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers
1. 1.This type of needle point is what you would expect to be needed for
suturing friable tissue such as the liver.
Answer What is a Blunt needle point?
2. 2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide
variety of instrument sizes.
Answer What are disposable stapler sets?
3. 3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Symbols.
Answer What is cc?
4. 5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal
hysterectomy.
Answer What is Clean contaminated?
5. 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. 6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and
,respiratory compromise due to pressure on the abdomen.
Answer What is Lithotomy Position?
7. 7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is
a recom- mended practice for this
Answer
What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury.
8. 8.An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the
transmis- sion of microorganisms to personnel when handling body
fluid spills
Answer What is personal protective equipment?
9. 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. 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 posi- tioning
, c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient
consid- erations
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 consid-
erations
11. 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. 12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-
resuscitate decision violates a patient's ethical right to...
Answer What is Self-determination?
13. 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. 14.Restricting pathogenic organisms from the patient,
environment, equip- ment, and supplies is the definition of....
Answer What is aseptic technique?
15. The most important consideration when selecting these
Guide Questions and Answers
1. 1.This type of needle point is what you would expect to be needed for
suturing friable tissue such as the liver.
Answer What is a Blunt needle point?
2. 2.These particular wound closing items are available in a wide
variety of instrument sizes.
Answer What are disposable stapler sets?
3. 3.Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Symbols.
Answer What is cc?
4. 5.The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal
hysterectomy.
Answer What is Clean contaminated?
5. 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. 6.This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and
,respiratory compromise due to pressure on the abdomen.
Answer What is Lithotomy Position?
7. 7.To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is
a recom- mended practice for this
Answer
What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury.
8. 8.An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the
transmis- sion of microorganisms to personnel when handling body
fluid spills
Answer What is personal protective equipment?
9. 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. 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 posi- tioning
, c. use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient
consid- erations
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 consid-
erations
11. 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. 12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-
resuscitate decision violates a patient's ethical right to...
Answer What is Self-determination?
13. 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. 14.Restricting pathogenic organisms from the patient,
environment, equip- ment, and supplies is the definition of....
Answer What is aseptic technique?
15. The most important consideration when selecting these
