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CNOR EXAM LATEST 2024/2025 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A
During a procedure under local anesthesia, the patient
complains of circumoral numbness, blurred vision, and
dizziness. What should be the immediate action of the
perioperative nurse monitoring this patient?
a. Recheck the dose of local anesthesia given
b. Ensure an airway
c. Set the IV line to full flow
d. Call for 20% lipid emulsion to be brought to the room
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
The circulating nurse reports that the needle count is
incorrect. The surgeon continues to close the wound,
stating, "I know it is not in the wound and I am not going
to stop to look for it." The best plan of action is to:
a. Accept the surgeon's response without comment and
fill out an incident report
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b. Inform the surgeon of hospital policy and document
subsequent actions
c. Order X-rays regardless of the surgeon's wishes
d. Notify the OR supervisor and ask for advice -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
A new employee unknowingly dispensed an unsterile
solution to the sterile field. The following day, the
supervisor learns of the incident. The supervisor's first
action would be to:
a. Initiate an incident report
b. Instruct the employee on the technique of reading
labels
c. Counsel the employee verbally
d. Notify the surgeon of the break in technique -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ d
Due to an emergency, the perioperative nurse is unable
to conduct the sponge, sharps, and instrument counts. At
the conclusion of the surgery, the nurse should:
a. Ask the surgeon to sign the count
b. Immediately notify the OR supervisor
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c. Document the absence of counts
d. Refuse to sign the sponge count record - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ c
The optimum patient position provides:
a. Access and exposure, maintains circulatory and
respiratory functions, and does not compromise
neuromuscular structures.
b. Optimum access and exposure to surgical site, with no
permanent compromise to neuromuscular structures.
c. Access for the surgeon, does not compromise the
neuromuscular structures, and maintains an adequate
airway for the anesthetist.
d. Sustained circulatory and respiratory functions, does
not compromise neuromuscular structures, and maintains
body alignment. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
A patient who is 8 months pregnant is to undergo an
emergency laparotomy. In planning nursing care for this
patient, the perioperative nurse should have available a
wedge cushion or pillow to place under the patient's:
a. Knees
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b. Left side
c. Right side
d. Shoulders - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ c
You're loading the sterilizer with trays and wrapped
towels. The correct configuration would be:
a. The towels are on the bottom shelf and the trays on
the top shelf
b. The towels are on the top shelf and the trays are on
the bottom shelf
c. The trays and towels go on the top shelf and leave
the bottom shelf empty
d. There is no specific configuration when there is a
mixed load of trays and wrapped textiles - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ b
During the induction of anesthesia, the perioperative
nurse may notice fasciculation as a response to which of
the following depolarizing muscle relaxants?
a. Tubocurarine chloride (curare)
b. Succinylcholine chloride (Anectine)
c. Atracurium besylate (Tracrium)
CNOR EXAM LATEST 2024/2025 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A
During a procedure under local anesthesia, the patient
complains of circumoral numbness, blurred vision, and
dizziness. What should be the immediate action of the
perioperative nurse monitoring this patient?
a. Recheck the dose of local anesthesia given
b. Ensure an airway
c. Set the IV line to full flow
d. Call for 20% lipid emulsion to be brought to the room
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
The circulating nurse reports that the needle count is
incorrect. The surgeon continues to close the wound,
stating, "I know it is not in the wound and I am not going
to stop to look for it." The best plan of action is to:
a. Accept the surgeon's response without comment and
fill out an incident report
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b. Inform the surgeon of hospital policy and document
subsequent actions
c. Order X-rays regardless of the surgeon's wishes
d. Notify the OR supervisor and ask for advice -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
A new employee unknowingly dispensed an unsterile
solution to the sterile field. The following day, the
supervisor learns of the incident. The supervisor's first
action would be to:
a. Initiate an incident report
b. Instruct the employee on the technique of reading
labels
c. Counsel the employee verbally
d. Notify the surgeon of the break in technique -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ d
Due to an emergency, the perioperative nurse is unable
to conduct the sponge, sharps, and instrument counts. At
the conclusion of the surgery, the nurse should:
a. Ask the surgeon to sign the count
b. Immediately notify the OR supervisor
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c. Document the absence of counts
d. Refuse to sign the sponge count record - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ c
The optimum patient position provides:
a. Access and exposure, maintains circulatory and
respiratory functions, and does not compromise
neuromuscular structures.
b. Optimum access and exposure to surgical site, with no
permanent compromise to neuromuscular structures.
c. Access for the surgeon, does not compromise the
neuromuscular structures, and maintains an adequate
airway for the anesthetist.
d. Sustained circulatory and respiratory functions, does
not compromise neuromuscular structures, and maintains
body alignment. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
A patient who is 8 months pregnant is to undergo an
emergency laparotomy. In planning nursing care for this
patient, the perioperative nurse should have available a
wedge cushion or pillow to place under the patient's:
a. Knees
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b. Left side
c. Right side
d. Shoulders - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ c
You're loading the sterilizer with trays and wrapped
towels. The correct configuration would be:
a. The towels are on the bottom shelf and the trays on
the top shelf
b. The towels are on the top shelf and the trays are on
the bottom shelf
c. The trays and towels go on the top shelf and leave
the bottom shelf empty
d. There is no specific configuration when there is a
mixed load of trays and wrapped textiles - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ b
During the induction of anesthesia, the perioperative
nurse may notice fasciculation as a response to which of
the following depolarizing muscle relaxants?
a. Tubocurarine chloride (curare)
b. Succinylcholine chloride (Anectine)
c. Atracurium besylate (Tracrium)
