CNOR FINAL EXAM TESTBANK AND PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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CNOR FINAL EXAM TESTBANK AND

PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS

Question 1: 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?

Choices:

• Recheck the dose of local anesthesia given
• Ensure an airway
• Set the IV line to full flow
• Call for 20% lipid emulsion to be brought to the room

Correct Answer: B) Ensure an airway

Question 2: How often should the OR be terminally cleaned?

Choices:

• There is no need to clean an unused OR
• At the end of each 8-hour shift
• First thing in the morning and again at the end of each day
• Daily if unused, as determined by a multidisciplinary team

Correct Answer: D) Daily if unused, as determined by a multidisciplinary

team

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Question 3: Your patient is coming for an acute unruptured appendicitis.

He has disseminated herpes zoster (Shingles). What kind of mask do you need?

Choices:

A) N95

• Surgical mask

C) PAPR

• No mask is required

Correct Answer: A) N95

Question 4: The patient coming for a brain biopsy is suspected of having

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD). How do you clean the room after a patient with CJD?

Choices:

• With a hospital grade germicidal agent
• With sodium hypochlorite or sodium hydroxide. Allow a 60 minute

contact time

• With sodium hypochlorite. Allow a 15 minute contact time
• Regular turnover cleaning is required

Correct Answer: C) With sodium hypochlorite. Allow a 15 minute contact

time

Question 5: The Laparoscope is in a wrapped tray on a shelf in the sterile

storage area. How long does it remain sterile?

Choices:

• It remains sterile as long as the package integrity and environmental

conditions remain within an acceptable range

• It remains sterile for 30 days
• It remains sterile until the expiration date on the label
• The time is according to hospital policy as determined by a

multidisciplinary team

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Correct Answer: A) It remains sterile as long as the package integrity and

environmental conditions remain within an acceptable range

Question 6: How is the room cleaned after the debridement of an

abscess?

Choices:

• The infected case requires terminal cleaning before the next patient

enters the room

• Regular room turnover cleaning is required
• The room is cleaned with bleach allowing a 15 minute contact time
• The room should stand empty for 28 minutes before the supplies for

the following case are opened

Correct Answer: B) Regular room turnover cleaning is required

Question 7: Is the air pressure higher in the OR suite or the surrounding

corridor?

Choices:

• The OR is negative pressure and the surrounding corridors are positive

pressure

• The OR suite and surrounding corridors are both positive pressure
• The OR suite is at a greater pressure than the surrounding corridors
• The surrounding corridors are at a greater pressure than the OR suite

Correct Answer: C) The OR suite is at a greater pressure than the

surrounding corridors

Question 8: How is the room turned over after a patient with MRSA?

Choices:

• The infected case requires terminal cleaning before the next patient

enters the room

• Enhanced turnover cleaning is required
• The room is cleaned with bleach allowing for a 15 minute contact time

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• The room should stand empty for 28 minutes before the supplies for

the following case are opened

Correct Answer: B) Enhanced turnover cleaning is required

Question 9: Environmental cleaning of the operative suite is required:

Choices:

• Only if the room is visibly soiled
• Only if terminal cleaning was not done the day before
• At the end of the day
• Before, during and after every case

Correct Answer: D) Before, during and after every case

Question 10: The surgeon has called to let the team know that he is stuck

in traffic and will be delayed. The back table is set up and the patient is in the holding area. This is the only case scheduled in this room. How should the team respond?

Choices:

• Stay in the OR scrubbed and opened until the surgeon arrives
• Break the field down and pull new supplies to open when the surgeon

arrives

• Cover the field and follow your facility's practice for limiting traffic in

the suite until the surgeon arrives

• Let the patient know that the surgeon is not in the hospital and the

case will be rescheduled to a new date

Correct Answer: C) Cover the field and follow your facility's practice for

limiting traffic in the suite until the surgeon arrives

Question 11: 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:

Choices: