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NIFA STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (121)
The number one patient Wrong site/procedure/patient surgery
safety issue identified in a
survey of peri-operative
nurses is preventing:
Reprocessing (flashing) instruments OR personnel not properly trained to reprocess instruments
in the OR is high risk because:
To safely transfer and position 157 lbs
patients in a manner that
prevents shearing, personnel
should use a mechanical lifting
device for a supine-to-supine
transfer of a patient weighing
more than:
_________should be the primary Anesthesia personnel
decision
makers for what equipment and
supplies are purchased and
stocked in the difficult airway
management cart.
Proper specimen management Receiving specimens from the surgical field then affixing patient label to each
techniques prevent errors and
include all of the following
EXCEPT:
Preventing surgical fires is a top Perform a weekly fire risk assessment
priority for all OR personnel and
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members of the surgical team
should perform all of the
following duties EXCEPT:
Peri-operative hypothermia is an Increases risk of renal failure
important issue for all
anesthetized patients because of
all of the following EXCEPT:
Recommendations for preventing Utilizing a multidisciplinary team to resolve incorrect counts
retained surgical items include
all of the following EXCEPT:
Verify informed consent for blood, verify patient identification and
Select the appropriate order
blood type and unit numbers against blood tag and requisition slip
for administering blood and blood
with second licensed person, sign slips
products.
Weighing sponges is a valuable Keep a running total blood loss calculated from available sponges during
tool for meticulous calculation of procedure
blood and fluid loss when
conducted correctly and used in
appropriate circumstances. Select
the response that correctly
reflects the best practice in
weighing sponges.
Laparoscopic procedures that Replacing or tagging sponges and laparotomy instruments with
emergently convert to open radiofrequency identification (RFID) chips
procedures place the patient
at risk for unintentional
retained foreign objects (RFOs).
What new and evolving risk
reduction strategy could
prevent RFOs and frustrating,
time- consuming miscount
adventures at the end of these
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procedures?
A female patient with end-stage PSDA and advance directives
pancreatic cancer was admitted
from hospice for a celiac plexus
block to treat intractable pain. She
had a Whipple procedure 18
months earlier and enjoyed a
good quality of life until 3
weeks ago. She wanted to be
able to complete "getting her
things in order" and saying
good-bye to her friends and
family while enjoying her last
days pain- free. The patient
insisted that her Do Not
Resuscitate (DNR) status NOT
be rescinded. She was
conscious and competent and
knew what was best for herself.
The patient was taking full
advantage of what provision for
her care?
A patient was presented with right to informed consent.
the prepared informed consent
form during the discussion with
her surgeon concerning her
scheduled vaginal-assisted
laparoscopic hysterectomy. She
demonstrated and verbalized
that she understood all of the
tenets of the procedure, risks,
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NIFA STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (121)
The number one patient Wrong site/procedure/patient surgery
safety issue identified in a
survey of peri-operative
nurses is preventing:
Reprocessing (flashing) instruments OR personnel not properly trained to reprocess instruments
in the OR is high risk because:
To safely transfer and position 157 lbs
patients in a manner that
prevents shearing, personnel
should use a mechanical lifting
device for a supine-to-supine
transfer of a patient weighing
more than:
_________should be the primary Anesthesia personnel
decision
makers for what equipment and
supplies are purchased and
stocked in the difficult airway
management cart.
Proper specimen management Receiving specimens from the surgical field then affixing patient label to each
techniques prevent errors and
include all of the following
EXCEPT:
Preventing surgical fires is a top Perform a weekly fire risk assessment
priority for all OR personnel and
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AM
members of the surgical team
should perform all of the
following duties EXCEPT:
Peri-operative hypothermia is an Increases risk of renal failure
important issue for all
anesthetized patients because of
all of the following EXCEPT:
Recommendations for preventing Utilizing a multidisciplinary team to resolve incorrect counts
retained surgical items include
all of the following EXCEPT:
Verify informed consent for blood, verify patient identification and
Select the appropriate order
blood type and unit numbers against blood tag and requisition slip
for administering blood and blood
with second licensed person, sign slips
products.
Weighing sponges is a valuable Keep a running total blood loss calculated from available sponges during
tool for meticulous calculation of procedure
blood and fluid loss when
conducted correctly and used in
appropriate circumstances. Select
the response that correctly
reflects the best practice in
weighing sponges.
Laparoscopic procedures that Replacing or tagging sponges and laparotomy instruments with
emergently convert to open radiofrequency identification (RFID) chips
procedures place the patient
at risk for unintentional
retained foreign objects (RFOs).
What new and evolving risk
reduction strategy could
prevent RFOs and frustrating,
time- consuming miscount
adventures at the end of these
2/26
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AM
procedures?
A female patient with end-stage PSDA and advance directives
pancreatic cancer was admitted
from hospice for a celiac plexus
block to treat intractable pain. She
had a Whipple procedure 18
months earlier and enjoyed a
good quality of life until 3
weeks ago. She wanted to be
able to complete "getting her
things in order" and saying
good-bye to her friends and
family while enjoying her last
days pain- free. The patient
insisted that her Do Not
Resuscitate (DNR) status NOT
be rescinded. She was
conscious and competent and
knew what was best for herself.
The patient was taking full
advantage of what provision for
her care?
A patient was presented with right to informed consent.
the prepared informed consent
form during the discussion with
her surgeon concerning her
scheduled vaginal-assisted
laparoscopic hysterectomy. She
demonstrated and verbalized
that she understood all of the
tenets of the procedure, risks,
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