1. This type of needle point is what you would expect to be needed for suturing friable tissue such as
the liver. Correct Answer: What is a Blunt needle
... [Show More] point?
2. These particular wound closing items are available in a wide variety of instrument sizes. Correct
Answer: What are disposable stapler sets?
3. Give one example from TJC list of Do-Not-Use Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols. Correct
Answer: What is cc?
5. The surgical wound classification for a total abdominal hysterectomy. Correct Answer: What is
Clean contaminated?
4. Following an excisional breast biopsy, the circulating nurse would anticipate the need to have
available this type of drain Correct Answer: What is a Jackson-Pratt?
6. This position can cause physiological effects of circulatory and respiratory compromise due to
pressure on the abdomen. Correct Answer: What is Lithotomy Position?
7. To protect sensitive areas of the skin with appropriate padding is a recommended practice for this:
Correct Answer: What is to reduce the patient's risk of intraoperative skin injury.
8. An environmental sanitation practice that is required to limit the transmission of microorganisms to
personnel when handling body fluid spills Correct Answer: What is personal protective equipment?
9.It is recommended to inspect the active electrode for insulation defects to prevent this from
occurring during MIS Correct Answer: What is capacitive coupling?
10. According to AORN RP for positioning the patient, the perioperative nurse should:
What is...
A. Use a consistent method of procedure-specific position for each patient
B. Rely on the surgeon's and anesthesia provider's assessments to guide positioning
C. Use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient considerations
D. Depend on the patient's natural defense mechanisms to indicate the need for positioning
alterations Correct Answer: c. Use additional precautions as appropriate based on unique patient
considerations
11.The disadvantage of using this type of wound closure is because they often cause more scarring
than other skin closure methods. Correct Answer: What is skin clips?
12.An automatic intraoperative suspension of a do-not-resuscitate decision violates a patient's ethical
right to... Correct Answer: What is Self-determination?
13. This type of human factor error is responsible when a perioperative nurse is trying to attend to
several tasks at once Correct Answer: What is situational-based error? [Show Less]