AORN PERIOP 101 EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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?
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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?
