Exam 25: Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulating Nurse

Small sutures do not need to be accounted for at the end of a procedure because they probably will not show up on a radiograph if the suture count is not correct.

If the countable items count results in an incorrect count,the circulating nurse is responsible only for informing the surgeon.

Once the initial skin incision has been made,the scalpel must be removed from the field to avoid injuring the patient or a surgical team member.

When is the baseline count done?

Who is responsible for doing the initial count?

Which is a responsibility of the circulating nurse as the patient enters the room for a surgical procedure?

Sponges and tapes that have been counted and bagged can be tied and thrown into the trash and removed from the room after being bagged.

The temperature of irrigation solution should be between 110° F and 115° F so that the patient's tissues will not be burned.

When does the "timeout" occur during a surgical procedure?

The correct way for the scrub person to receive a local medication on the field is

The paper band on a pack of x-ray detectable laparotomy tapes or sponges should not be broken after they are counted.

As a sterile team member draping an unsterile table with a separate drape,you would unfold the drape outward toward the opposite side away from yourself first,then toward yourself.

A minimum of two people is needed to transfer an anesthetized patient from the OR table to the stretcher using a roller device.

Which is a type of syringe used for injection?

It is acceptable to open sterile supplies into a rigid container because all the edges are sterile.

The splash basin is a popular item used during the case to hold fluids for washing powder off the surgical team's gloves and also to hold irrigation fluid that will be used to irrigate the surgical wound.

A scrub person should not gown and glove from the main field,but rather use a separate surface to place an open gown and gloves after scrubbing.

Where is an optimal location to place the dispersive electrode pad for use with an ESU?

When opening blades onto a sterile field,where is the best place to lay them?

What level of movement of the upper extremity involves the opening of a peel-pack package?