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CAPA CPAN EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
SCIP INF 1. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prophylactic
antibiotic received w/in 1 hr before surgical incision
SCIP INF 2. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prophylactic
antibiotic selection for surgical patients
SCIP INF 3. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prophylactic
antibiotics discountinued w/in 24 hrs after surgery end
time (48 hrs for cardiac surgery)
SCIP INF 4. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Patients for cardiac
surgery with controlled, 6 am postopertive serum
glucose
SCIP INF 6. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Surgery patients with
appropriate hair removal
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SCIP INF 9. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Urinary catheter
removed on postoperative day 1 or 2 w/ day of
surgery being day 0
SCIP INF 10 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Surgery patients for
whom either active warming was used intraoperatively
for the purpose of maintaining normothermia or who
had at least one body temp equal to or greater than
96.8 F
Libel - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Involves writing something
that ruins a patient's reputation
Malpractice - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Determined if the
perianesthesia nurse owed a duty to the client and did
not carry out that duty and the client was injured
because nurse failed to perform duty
Negligence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Is a tort that is
failure to provide care that a reasonable person
ordinarly would provide in a similiar circumstance
Res Pisa loquitur - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ "The thing
speaks for itself" must meet following criteria..injury
occured because of failure to exercise ordinary care;
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injurious actions are under the exclusive control of the
practioner; patient makes no contribution to the injury;
reason for injury is more attributable to the nurse than
the patient
Slander - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Stating something that is
untrue that ruins the patient's reputation
Elements needed to prove liability - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Duty, Breach of Duty, Proximate Cause,
Damage or Injury
Guiding Principles in Ethics - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Respect for autonomy, Nonmaleficence, Beneficence,
Justice
Autonomy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Respect for decision
making capacities of the individual
Beneficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ To do good
Nonmaleficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prevent harm
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Justice - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Promotion of equality in
provision of quality care through the use of appropriate
standards of practice for all patients
Informed Consent - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Requires that
the process be completed by a clinician able to provide
the intervention and in a manner that allows time and
space for patients to ask questions, seek clarification,
and discuss potential options for care. Discussion should
be documented and communicated to members on the
interdisciplinary team
DNR - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ During the administration of
anesthesia is recommended between the physcian and
the patient or surrogate, with the result documented and
communicated among all health care team members
Privacy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Suggest that a patient
has the right to control general access and distribution of
personal information about one's own health and implies
that bounderies that protect a patient's personal space
are respected w/ in a clinical setting
CAPA CPAN EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
SCIP INF 1. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prophylactic
antibiotic received w/in 1 hr before surgical incision
SCIP INF 2. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prophylactic
antibiotic selection for surgical patients
SCIP INF 3. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prophylactic
antibiotics discountinued w/in 24 hrs after surgery end
time (48 hrs for cardiac surgery)
SCIP INF 4. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Patients for cardiac
surgery with controlled, 6 am postopertive serum
glucose
SCIP INF 6. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Surgery patients with
appropriate hair removal
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SCIP INF 9. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Urinary catheter
removed on postoperative day 1 or 2 w/ day of
surgery being day 0
SCIP INF 10 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Surgery patients for
whom either active warming was used intraoperatively
for the purpose of maintaining normothermia or who
had at least one body temp equal to or greater than
96.8 F
Libel - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Involves writing something
that ruins a patient's reputation
Malpractice - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Determined if the
perianesthesia nurse owed a duty to the client and did
not carry out that duty and the client was injured
because nurse failed to perform duty
Negligence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Is a tort that is
failure to provide care that a reasonable person
ordinarly would provide in a similiar circumstance
Res Pisa loquitur - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ "The thing
speaks for itself" must meet following criteria..injury
occured because of failure to exercise ordinary care;
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injurious actions are under the exclusive control of the
practioner; patient makes no contribution to the injury;
reason for injury is more attributable to the nurse than
the patient
Slander - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Stating something that is
untrue that ruins the patient's reputation
Elements needed to prove liability - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Duty, Breach of Duty, Proximate Cause,
Damage or Injury
Guiding Principles in Ethics - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Respect for autonomy, Nonmaleficence, Beneficence,
Justice
Autonomy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Respect for decision
making capacities of the individual
Beneficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ To do good
Nonmaleficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Prevent harm
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Justice - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Promotion of equality in
provision of quality care through the use of appropriate
standards of practice for all patients
Informed Consent - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Requires that
the process be completed by a clinician able to provide
the intervention and in a manner that allows time and
space for patients to ask questions, seek clarification,
and discuss potential options for care. Discussion should
be documented and communicated to members on the
interdisciplinary team
DNR - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ During the administration of
anesthesia is recommended between the physcian and
the patient or surrogate, with the result documented and
communicated among all health care team members
Privacy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Suggest that a patient
has the right to control general access and distribution of
personal information about one's own health and implies
that bounderies that protect a patient's personal space
are respected w/ in a clinical setting
