Hands / gloves
The ____ gloving technique is used only during the initial donning of sterile gown and gloves.
What is closed?
This document outlines patient rights, including the right to privacy and safety.
What is The Patient Bill of Rights?
This type of suture is made of a single strand, providing less tissue drag.
What is monofilament suture?
This instrument is used to hold an incision open for exposure.
What is a retractor?
This team member is responsible for verifying that specimen labeling is correct.
Who is the circulator?
AORN (2022 guidelines) states that you should wash your hands with soap and water for at least this long.
What is 15 seconds?
Obtaining patient permission for surgery requires this legal and ethical process.
What is informed consent?
This type of needle has a sharp cutting edge designed for tough tissue such as skin.
What is a cutting needle?
This powered instrument is used to cut or shape bone during orthopedic procedures.
What is a surgical saw or drill?
All specimens must be labeled with this many patient identifiers.
What are two (2) identifiers?
AORN recommends this practice, often using a colored indicator system, to increase protection against sharps injuries during surgery.
What is wearing two pairs of sterile gloves (double-gloving)?
Discussing patient details outside the OR violates this ethical principle.
What is confidentiality or HIPAA compliance?
Sutures that dissolve in the body over time are called this.
What are absorbable sutures?
This instrument, often toothed or smooth, is used to hold tissue edges during suturing.
What is an Adson forcep?
Fresh tissue specimens should ideally be sent to pathology in this state. (The answer is not "fresh")
What is dry (not in formalin)?
According to AORN, scrubbed surgical team members should change their sterile gloves at these intervals, or sooner if a perforation is suspected or confirmed.
What is every 60–150 minutes? 90-150 will also be accepted
Nurses must always act in the best interest of the patient, reflecting this ethical principle.
What is beneficence?
This suture technique involves a single strand passed continuously without being tied at each stitch.
What is a running (or continuous) stitch?
Laparoscopic instruments have this feature to prevent thermal injury to tissues.
What is insulation?
Perioperative nursing documentation serves this type of purpose in the legal record.
What is legal evidence?
This method of transferring sharp instruments reduces the risk of hand-to-hand injury.
What is the neutral zone or hands-free technique?
Reporting unsafe practices or conditions is part of this ethical responsibility.
What is patient advocacy or whistleblowing?
The connection (or junction) where a suture is permanently attached to a surgical needle.
What is the swage?
These scissors are specifically designed for cutting delicate tissue during surgery.
What are Metzenbaum scissors?
Chain-of-custody documentation is particularly important for this type of specimen.
What is forensic or legal specimens?