Periop 101 Final Exam Advice? (2018 / 2017?)

Specialties Operating Room

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Hello!

I recently began the AORN Perioperative 101 program and am looking for advice on what I should focus on for the final exam.

So there's 4 main resources I've been given:

AORN modules;

AORN videos;

and 2 textbooks (Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery & AORN Guidelines).

I've read from older threads to focus on the summaries at the end of the modules. However, I believe those are obsolete since they haven't appeared at the end of my modules so far.

I'm hoping someone who has recently completed this program can shed some light on this matter.

Also, is the final exam still 115 questions?

Any insight is greatly appreciated - thank you!

Specializes in med surg, ca , critical care.

could you attach them here I cannot find them. I have looked everywhere or email me a copy please [email protected]

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Specializes in med surg, ca , critical care.

Could you attach them here I cannot find them. I have looked everywhere or email me a copy please [email protected]

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
31 minutes ago, ICU4U said:

Could you attach them here I cannot find them. I have looked everywhere or email me a copy please [email protected]

They are available on the student resources tab of Periop101. If you are not able to find them, reach out to your facility's administrator for assistance. They are not available to the general public; you must be a current PON101 student.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Well it's official I passed the PeriOp 101 Final Exam and I am now looking forward to my rotations for the next 6 to 9 months. As for the final exam

To the poster who said it wasn't as bad as they thought it was going to be. I would have to agree to that statement a million times over. On the other hand, it does help to start studying, doing the modules, and going through your study guide (if you are given one) from the start of the program

I waited too late but the questions on the exam do vary...You do need to know positioning patients (problems, what to expect)...Stages of pressure ulcers (had one question and it was obvious)...There were a lot of questions on sterility/disinfection/maintaining a sterile field, fire safety, preventing skin injury intraoperatively, knowing the different reasonings for specimens (cytology, routine, frozen, etc), documentation, assessment (PreOp, IntraO, and PostOp -- remember PACU is first looking for airway and respirations in phase 1), know the air exchanges for the OR (20 air exchanges) and know the humidity is 20% to 60%, know the areas that are unrestricted, semi-restricted, and restricted (those were matching questions), know the various types of anesthesia (those were matching questions as well), know what WHO/JACHO/IOM/CMS are responsible for (those were matching questions), how to treat a reverse Heparin (protamine), the stages of healing, to treat Malignant Hyperthermia (dantrolene), and yes you will need to know some information about sutures (nothing extreme on my test it was True/False), know that blunt needles are for cutting the liver/taper is for vascular anastomoses, and Keith needles are for cutting the skin (there are questions asking you to identify), and know the events that has to do with sterilization (eg, gas/temperature/time/steam/pressure/event related/not time limited)

There is no such thing as over studying and pay close attention to the modules, have a review group with your nurse educator so that you can know what to focus on and don't stress

The questions are straight forward and not as complicated as one would think

Good luck!!!

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