Pass CNOR®!

1st Edition - July 25, 2019
Authors: Nancymarie Phillips, Anita Hornacky
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 8 1 9 7 - 4
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9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 9 7 4 1 - 8

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Master the CNOR® certification exam with this robust resource! Modeled after Elsevier’s popular Pass! series of certification review books, PASS CNOR®!, 1st Edition delivers the best practice results with innovative learning strategies, targeted, comprehensive coverage, and meticulous accuracy. This invaluable resource presents content in a logical outline format accompanied by helpful illustrations and tables. Fun, engaging learning activities are featured throughout the book, and a companion website features a 325-question practice exam offering you a variety of opportunities to gain valuable test-taking practice!

CNOR®
is a registered certification mark of the Competency & Credentialing Institute ("CCI"), and CNOR® certification is offered exclusively by CCI. This publication is prepared by Elsevier, Inc., and neither this publication nor Elsevier Inc. is in any way affiliated with or endorsed by CCI.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Reviewers
Chapter 1: Professional Issues and Accountability in Perioperative Nursing
What Is CNOR Certification?
Who Is Eligible for CNOR Certification?
What Are the Benefits of CNOR Certification?
Maintaining the CNOR Credential
Preparing for the CNOR Examination
What Is the Best Way to Learn?
Design of the CNOR Examination
Approaches for CNOR Testing
Preparing for the Day of Testing
Professional Standards and Accountability
Communicating the Nursing Process (Fig. 1.1)
Legal and Ethical Issues
Learning activities
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Learning activities answers
Chapter 2: Hand Hygiene and Appropriate Attire
Hand Hygiene
Preventing the Transmission of Microorganisms
Transmission of Pathogens
Transmission by Droplet
Transmission by Airborne Particles
Transmission by Blood and Bodily Fluids
What Can a Perioperative Nurse Do to Reduce the Transmission of Microorganisms?
Transmission of Prion Disease
Appropriate Attire and Personal Protective Equipment
Patient and Personnel Safety
Sterile Attire
Learning activities
Clues
Learning activities answers
Chapter 3: Aseptic and Sterile Techniques
What Is Aseptic Technique?
What Is Sterile Technique?
Preparing for a Sterile Field Begins With Preparing the Room
Other Considerations
Sterile Drapes, Towels, or Sheets
Creating a Sterile Field Using Drapes
Maintaining the Sterile Field
Learning activities
Clues
Learning activities answers
Chapter 4: The Perioperative Environment
The Three Zones Within the Perioperative Department
Additional Environmental Considerations
Sanitation in the Operating Room is a Multipart Process
Learning activities
Multiple choice
Learning activities answers
Chapter 5: Maintaining a Safe Perioperative Environment
Regulation of Safety in the Operating Room
What Are the Potential Safety Hazards in the Operating Room?
Learning activities
True/false
Multiple choice
Matching
Learning activities answers
True/false
Multiple choice
Matching
Chapter 6: Preoperative Patient Care
Nursing Process
Hand-Over (i.e., Hand-Off) to the Intraoperative Nurse
Learning activities
Learning activities answers
Chapter 7: Intraoperative Patient Care
Receiving the Patient in the Operating Room
Intraoperative Nursing Care
Positioning the Patient
Hand-Over to the Postoperative Nurse
Learning activities
Matching
Learning activities answers
Chapter 8: Surgical Pharmacology and Anesthesia
Why Is Correct Medication Documentation Important?
Drug Sources, Forms, and Routes
Anesthetics
Role of the Anesthesia Provider in the Administration of Anesthesia
Intravenous and Bottled Fluids
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Chapter 9: Surgical Site Management
Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin and Tissues
Preventing Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
Influences on Surgical Site Healing
Potential Complications of Wound Healing
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Chapter 10: Care of Surgical Instruments
The Three Levels of Spaulding’s Classification of Patient Care Items
Decontamination
Disinfection
Sterilization With Chemicals
Thermal Sterilization
Additional Methods of Sterilization
Additional Considerations for Sterilization
Special Circumstances
Processing Flexible Endoscopes
What Does the Perioperative Nurse Need to Know About Sterilization Packaging, Indicators, and Integrators?
Six Classes of Chemical Sterilization Indicators/Integrators are Available for Specific Uses (Table 10.2)
Biological Indicators: Process Challenge Device (PCD)
Sterilization Monitoring Systems
Reprocessing Single-Use Items
Storage of Packaged Sterile Items
Learning activities
Matching
Learning activities answers
Chapter 11: Postoperative Patient Care
Responsibilities of the Perioperative Nurse, Anesthesia Provider, and Surgeon Before the Patient Is Transferred to the ICU or PACU
Home-Going Patients and Time in the Postanesthesia Care Unit
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Chapter 12: Special Topics
Energy-Powered Devices
Electrosurgical Unit
Tourniquets
Chest Tubes
Pediatric Patients
The Geriatric Patient
Disaster Preparedness
Learning activities
Clues
Learning activities answers
Clues
Chapter 13: Practice Questions
Appendix A: The Perioperative Nursing Roles
Appendix B: Answers to Practice Questions, with Rationales
Index

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Nancymarie Phillips

Anita Hornacky