The surgical count is performed by two people. Recommended Standards of Practice for surgical counts as published by AORN and AST requires a _____________and another health care worker in the sterile role, such as the surgical technologist, to perform the count.

An example of ______ would be ensuring the patient’s legs are not crossed and adding pressure on the peroneal nerve and blood vessels of the posterior leg. Additionally,  ensuring their heals are supported on padding is also applicable.

When prepping the patient, prior to starting the prep and donning sterile gloves, you should always, always: 1. prepare the supplies 2. Prepare yourself, and then 3.____________ 

List the 15 principles on the sheet provided. Points will be added to the exam manually by faculty. 

Which of the listed examples of identification is NOT an acceptable use of unique patient identifiers that can be used to ID the patient in holding before the team is allowed to transport to the OR for surgery?

Once the sedated patient is placed on the operating room table, they should ___.

During surgical positioning, commonly injured nerves include the ____ (28%), _____ (20%). Injuries occur less commonly with the sciatic, median, and femoral nerves.

Which of the listed examples of identification is NOT an acceptable use of unique patient identifiers that can be used to ID the patient in holding before the team is allowed to transport to the OR for surgery?

What areas of the patient’s body must be adequately supported, protected and/or padded when the using the Prone position to prevent injury?

Hyperthermic patients should be treated with ___.