CNOR-PREP Exam Questions With Verified
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How do you do self-gowning and gloving relief members for a surgical team? - answerOpen sterile
gown and gloves on a separate surface using aseptic technique
Most effective way to reduce possibility of contamination of sterile field during inducti...
How do you do self-gowning and gloving relief members for a surgical team? - answer✔Open sterile
gown and gloves on a separate surface using aseptic technique
Most effective way to reduce possibility of contamination of sterile field during induction, positioning
and prep of patient - answer✔Surgical field should be covered during high activity in the OR
Metal instruments stored with rubber protective tips need to be sterilized with this method -
answer✔Remove the rubber tips and sterilize the instruments for 3 min @ 270F
Four laparoscopic tubal ligations have been scheduled for the same day. ONE OF THE FOUR AVAILABLE
laparoscopes is contaminated during the preparation for thr 2nd tubal ligation. The laparoscopes will
not withstand steam sterilization. In this situation, what would be the most appropriate course of
action? - answer✔Inform the surgeon of the potential compromise in the 4th patient's care and explore
alternate solutions.
The bowie-dick test is used to determine the steam sterilizer for their______ - answer✔This is to check if
the vacuum is working properly
A prosthesis is contaminated during an orthopedic case and a suitable replacement is not immediately
available. How should this prosthesis be decontaminated? - answer✔Flash sterilize @ 270 F for 10 min
with both chemical and biological indicators.
A chemical indicator included in the instruments processed in a gravity displacement steam sterilizer
indicates that the instruments are -------- - answer✔Exposed to the sterilizing conditions
solution to flush before sterilization - answer✔Distilled water
Type of sterilizer that must be tested with a Bowie-Dick chemical indicator daily - answer✔Dynamaic air
removal
How often should the OR be terminally cleaned regardless of whether or not it was used? -
answer✔Once during each 24 hour period during the regularly scheduled work week
The sterilization for immediate use parameters for metal or nonporous instruments with no lumens in a
gravity displacement sterilizer are 270 to 275 for___ - answer✔3 minutes
Type of extinguisher to be used if disposable paper drapes ignite - answer✔Class ABC
Improper deflation of a pneumatic antishock garment could result to this. - answer✔Hypovolemic shock
Signs of adverse reaction to local anesthesia - answer✔numbness around the mouth
Normal value for potassium - answer✔3.5 - 5.0 mEq/L
Three main function of stomach - answer✔motor, secretory and endocrine
Most important lab value to assess for patient taking Hydrochlorothiazide(HCTZ) - answer✔Potassium
sign to observe for patient being treated for cardiac tamponade - answer✔jugular vein distention
A standarlized approach to hand-off communication is a requirement of the JC to ______ -
answer✔reduce the risk of error
Most common type of necrotizing fascitis - answer✔type 2
In relation to transcultural needs of the patient, it is important to include___needs in the nursing
assessment - answer✔spiritual
Best option for a patient to use needing long term dialysis - answer✔arteriovenous shunt
what does it mean if there is elevated white blood counts - answer✔acute infection
A preoperative nursing assessment should be conducted by RN at what point? - answer✔before the
surgery
Have the greatest risk for developing intraoperative hypothermia - answer✔Older patients and those
undergoing or major regional anesthesia for longer than 1 hour
Causes patient to experience a phenomenon know as "tourniquet pain" - answer✔tourniquet inflation
times between 30-60 minutes
Procedures of the head and neck area carry an increased risk of fire due to this. - answer✔presence of
an oxygen-enriched environment
A combination of LR, lidocaine, and epinephrine is routinely injected in fatty areas prior to liposuction in
order to achieve this. - answer✔decrease fluid volume shift
Blood type that is appropriate for emergency untyped/uncrossmatched transfusions - answer✔O
negative
Tissue that will not undergo a sterilization process should be... - answer✔Aseptically prepared and
transferred to a sterile storage container
potential intraoperative complication for patient with hyperthyroidism - answer✔Thyroid storm
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