NIFA STUDY GUIDE | 120 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024
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NIFA STUDY GUIDE | 120 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024
Proper specimen management techniques prevent errors and include all of the
following EXCEPT: - answers Receiving specimens from the surgical field then affixing
patient label to each
Preve...
NIFA STUDY GUIDE | 120 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024
Proper specimen management techniques prevent errors and include all of the
following EXCEPT: - answers Receiving specimens from the surgical field then affixing
patient label to each
Preventing surgical fires is a top priority for all OR personnel and members of the
surgical team should perform all of the following duties EXCEPT: - answers Perform a
weekly fire risk assessment
Peri-operative hypothermia is an important issue for all anesthetized patients because
of all of the following EXCEPT: - answers Increases risk of renal failure
Recommendations for preventing retained surgical items include all of the following
EXCEPT: - answers Utilizing a multidisciplinary team to resolve incorrect counts
Select the appropriate order for administering blood and blood products. - answers
Verify informed consent for blood, verify patient identification and blood type and unit
numbers against blood tag and requisition slip with second licensed person, sign slips
Weighing sponges is a valuable tool for meticulous calculation of blood and fluid loss
when conducted correctly and used in appropriate circumstances. Select the response
that correctly reflects the best practice in weighing sponges. - answers Keep a running
total blood loss calculated from available sponges during procedure
Laparoscopic procedures that emergently convert to open procedures place the patient
at risk for unintentional retained foreign objects (RFOs). What new and evolving risk
reduction strategy could prevent RFOs and frustrating, time-consuming miscount
adventures at the end of these procedures? - answers Replacing or tagging sponges
and laparotomy instruments with radiofrequency identification (RFID) chips
A female patient with end-stage pancreatic cancer was admitted from hospice for a
celiac plexus block to treat intractable pain. She had a Whipple procedure 18 months
earlier and enjoyed a good quality of life until 3 weeks ago. She wanted to be able to
complete "getting her things in order" and saying good-bye to her friends and family
while enjoying her last days pain-free. The patient insisted that her Do Not Resuscitate
(DNR) status NOT be rescinded. She was conscious and competent and knew what
was best for herself. The patient was taking full advantage of what provision for her
care? - answers PSDA and advance directives
A patient was presented with the prepared informed consent form during the discussion
with her surgeon concerning her scheduled vaginal-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy.
, She demonstrated and verbalized that she understood all of the tenets of the procedure,
risks, expected outcome, complications, and procedural process. Before she signed the
consent form, she informed the surgeon that she did not want any medical students or
surgical residents performing any parts of the procedure other than assisting and did not
want any photographs of her body taken. The surgeon agreed, and she crossed out
those portions of the form and initialed them before she signed. The patient was
exercising her: - answers right to informed consent.
Early on, during the preliminary sponge count on closure of a repair of a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, the circulating nurse was unable to account for 2 lap
sponges. He had meticulously maintained accountability for all sponges and
instruments discarded from the sterile field and bagged each sponge carefully. He
immediately turned and addressed the entire team in a clear voice. Select the
appropriate communication that the circulating nurse must employ during this count
discrepancy. - answers "We have a count discrepancy. We started with 70 sponges
and find only 68. We are missing 2 lap sponges. Everyone, please check your areas.
The OR is a danger-prone area for both patients and staff. Providing a safe
environment of care for the patient involves identifying, mitigating, and managing the
hazards inherent in surgical care. Choose the answer below that completes the blanks
in this sentence: The risk of the surgical hazard of _________________ can be
mitigated through _______________________. - answers wrong patient, wrong site,
and wrong side surgery; site marking and presurgical checklists
A patient was transferred to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) by the anesthesia
provider and perioperative nurse. A hand-off report was given, using situation,
background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) format, to the accepting PACU
nurse. The first element of information that should be presented in the hand-off report is:
- answers patient identification and procedure performed.
If a staff person receives a needlestick injury, what is the first corrective action? -
answers Wash wound with soap and water; flush mucous membranes.
Contact with infected patients or infectious material places healthcare workers at risk
for occupational-acquired infection. Which communicable disease are healthcare
workers at risk for acquiring or transmitting? - answers Seasonal influenza
Select the appropriate nursing action that supports hands-free instrument passing and
sharps safety. - answers Create a neutral hands-free area between the scrub person
and surgeon with a basin or magnetic mat.
Select the guideline that complements the design of the culture of safety model. -
answers Incorporate safe practices into your daily work when handling sharps.
A neutral zone is a predetermined location on the surgical field where sharps are
placed for retrieval by the surgeon. Which of the following is a best practice for the use
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