Intraoperative Care #1
The incision used for an open appy is called:
A. - McBurney incision
Which of the following PPE is best for manual cleaning of instruments:
Standard hand-off communication to facilitate safe patient care transitions is best demonstrated by:
A. - use of evidence-based tool (SBAR)
Which blood type is best for untyped, uncross-matched emergency transfusions?
B. - Type O-negative
The name of the clamp designed to hold bowel tissue and has opposing smooth, flared edges is the:
B. - Babcock clamp
To prevent patient injury, all electrical equipment should be tested periodically and....
A. - ...before every use
Which of the following is a pathogen most resistant to chemical and physical decontamination methods?
B. - Prion
Medication containers on the sterile field should be labeled:
D. - immediately upon receipt of medication
Trauma to which part of the body accounts for half of all trauma deaths?
C. - Head
Prophylactic ABX should be administered:
D. - within 1 hour before skin incision
The most common source of contamination in the OR is:
D. - The surgical team
A _________ is sterilization device that uses highly resistant spores to test effectiveness of sterilization process?
C. - Biological Indicator
B. - are aware of the surgical plan and any changes to it.
Procedures performed on the head and neck areas carry an increased risk for fire due to:
D. - Presence of an oxygen-enriched environment
A Vag Hysterectomy receives which of the following wound classes?
B. - Clean-contaminated (Class II)
Moving a patient less than 73lbs from supine to lateral requires:
A. - 2-3 caregivers to assist with transfer
When performing IUSS of an item with a lumen, the correct action would be:
A. - Follow manufacturer's IFU for IUSS
Medications should be verbally reviewed and confirmed:
D. - before transfer to the sterile field
A patient who has developed laryngospasm is having chest movement but no air exchange. The 1st priority is to:
B. - Assure the suction is available for the anesthesia provider
Which of the following describes acceptable criteria used to determine tourniquet-inflation pressure?
B. - Patient's systolic blood pressure
Surgical adhesives used for skin closure normally slough off in....
C. - 7-10 days
Items that contact nonintact skin and mucous membranes should be processed at a minimum by:
B. - High-level disinfection
If a patient refuses surgical site marking, or if the surgical site cannot be marked, the nurse should:
D. - follow the facility's policy
While assisting an anesthesia provider during an RSI, the nurse should:
C. apply cricoid pressure by applying downward pressure on the cricoid cartilage with the thumb and index finger of one hand
A pt having a small bowel resection suffers a perforation with spillage during the procedure. What would class is this?
D. Dirty-infected (Class IV)