AORN Periop 101 Final Exam- 90
Questions and Answers
NUMBER OF VENTILATION EXCHANGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - -20 PER
HOUR WITH 4 EXCHANGES FROM OUTDOOR AIR
-HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - -20-60%
-TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - -68-75 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
-THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN - -NATURAL
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
-MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND REDUCTION
OF TENSILE STRENGTH) - -SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE SUTURE
-SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION SUTURE,
SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO, NEUROSURGERY) - -NATURAL
NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
-NYLON SUTURE
-MONOFILAMENT (ETHILON & DERMALON)
-COATED (SURGILON)
-UNCOATED (NEUROLON)
POLYESTER FIBER SUTURE
-COATED (TICRON, ETHIBOND, TEFLON)
-UNCOATED (MERSILENE & DACRON)
POLYPROPYLENE (PROLENE & SURGILENE)
POLYBUTESTER (NOVAFIL)
, POLY ETHYLENE (DERMALENE) - -SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
--NO INFLAMMATION
-RESP, AILMENTARY, AND GU TRACTS NOT ENTERED
-EX. EYE SURGERY, HERNIA REPAIRS, BREAST SURGERY, NONTRAUMATIC
NEURO & ORTHO SURGERY, CARDIAC, OR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY -
-CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
--RESP, AILMENTARY, OR GU WOUNDS ENTERED UNDER CONTROLLED
CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATION OF SURROUNDING TISSUE
-NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR MAJOR BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
-EX. D&C, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, GASTRECTOMY, CHOLE WITHOUT
SPILLAGE, ELECTIVE APPY, CYSTOSCOPY, TURP ON PT W/ NEGATIVE URINE
CULTURES, SIGMOID COLON RESECTION - -CLASS II-CLEAN CONTAMINATED
--OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
-EX. LAPAROTOMY W/ SIGNIFICANT SPILLAGE, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS, ACUTE
APPENDICITIS OR CHOLECYSTITIS, COMPOUND FRACTURES - -CLASS III-
CONTAMINATED WOUNDS
--OLD, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS WITH DEVITALIZED TISSUE, PERFORATED
VISCERA, DELAYED PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE
-EX. INCISION AND DRAINAGE, TOTAL EVISCERATION, PERFORATED VISCERA
- -CLASS IV-DIRTY WOUNDS
-PURPOSE OF STANDARDIZED NURSING LANGUAGE SUCH AS PNDS - -
MAINTAIN PT SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY
COST
PLAN OF CARE
HELPS TO
-PLAN NURSING INTERVENTIONS
-ASSESS AND DEVELOP NURSING DIAGNOSES
-ASSESS AND EVALUATE PT STATUS
-EVALUATE RESPONSES TO POSITIONING
-REQUIREMENTS OF STORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF DIRTY, CLEAN AND
STERILE SUPPLIES WITHIN THE OPERATING ROOM - -KEEP COVERED IN
ENCLOSED CARTS
LABELED, KEEP APART CLEAN, DIRTY AND STERILE