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AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Questions and Answers | Study Guide Indemnity Payment - ️️ Correct-Payment made on behalf of the policy holder Liability - ️️ Correct-A legal responsibility Negligence - ️️ Correct-An act or failure to act that deviates from the standard of care Nursing M...

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AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Questions
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Indemnity Payment - ✔️✔️Correct-Payment made on behalf of the policy holder


Liability - ✔️✔️Correct-A legal responsibility

Negligence - ✔️✔️Correct-An act or failure to act that deviates from the standard of care

Nursing Malpractice - ✔️✔️Correct-A nurse's negligence or any intentional act that

causes physical, financial, emotional, psychosocial, and/or cognitive damage to the

person in the nurse's care

Respondeat Superior - ✔️✔️Correct-An employer is legally responsible for the nurse

employee only when:

o The nurse acts within the scope of practice

o Any allegations brought against the nurse occurred during the nurse's employment

o The nurse's actions were within the employer's best interests.

Tort - ✔️✔️Correct-A breach of duty to another person as outlined by law

What are the four elements of malpractice? - ✔️✔️Correct-• Duty

• Breach of duty

• The breach of duty caused an injury

• The injury was harmful to the patient

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Elements of Informed Consent - ✔️✔️Correct-• Must be obtained by the licensed

professional who is performing the procedure

• The patient must give consent voluntarily with the full understanding of all implications

• Must include

o Diagnosis

o Proposed treatment

o Treatment alternatives

o Consequences of accepting or declining the proposed treatment

Five Rights of Delegation - ✔️✔️Correct-Right task

Right circumstance

Right person

Right communication and direction

Right supervision and evaluation

Four types of patient privacy health care providers and personnel have an ethical and

legal responsibility to always maintain - ✔️✔️Correct-• Medical information

• Physical exposure

• Personal privacy

• Electronic privacy

Eight factors to consider before determining what anesthetic to use for a particular

patient - ✔️✔️Correct-• Patient's age

• Length & type of surgery

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• Patient & surgeon preferences

• Patient's co-existing diseases

• Patient's mental & psychological status

• Patient's previous experiences with anesthesia

• Plans & protocols for postoperative pain management

• Position of the patient during surgery

The American Society of Anesthesiologist's NPO Guidelines - ✔️✔️Correct-• Clear liquids

- stop 2 hours before surgery

• Breast milk - stop 4 hours before surgery

• Infant formula - stop 6 hours before surgery

• Light meal (toast & a clear liquid) - stop 6 hours before surgery

• Fried foods, fatty foods, meat - stop 8 hours before surgery

Circulator RN duties during Induction of anesthesia and assisting anesthesia

professional with Cricoid Pressure - ✔️✔️Correct-• Cricoid pressure application is not

released until the endotracheal (ET) tube cuff is inflated, tube placement is confirmed,

and anesthesia provider has given a verbal confirmation to the nurse that the cricoid

pressure can be released.

• If intubation or ventilation of the patient becomes difficult, the perioperative nurse

should retrieve additional airway equipment and supplies.

General anesthesia - ✔️✔️Correct-• A drug-induced reversible state of unconsciousness




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• Results in amnesia, analgesia, and loss of responsiveness, decreased stress

response, and loss of skeletal muscle reflexes to a varying degree

Regional anesthesia - ✔️✔️Correct-• An injection of local anesthetics near nerve fibers

that causes reversible loss of sensation over an area of the body

• Examples include spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve blocks.

Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) - ✔️✔️Correct-An anesthesia provider monitors the

patient, administers sedatives and other agents as needed, and provides medical

services as required.

Moderate sedation - ✔️✔️Correct-• The administration of sedative, analgesic, and/or

anxiolytic agents by a physician or by a nurse under physician supervision

• Depending on state laws and hospital policies, an RN may administer moderate

sedation.

Local anesthesia - ✔️✔️Correct-• The infiltration or topical administration of agents to

anesthetize a part of the body

• The perioperative nurse provides patient monitoring and supportive care.

Phases of general anesthesia - ✔️✔️Correct-• Phase I: Induction

o IV medications and inhalational agents are administered by the anesthesia provider.



• Phase II: Maintenance

o Medications and inhalational agents are administered to keep the patient

anesthetized.

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