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CNOR blueprint
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Exam Sections Covered in BoardCerts CNOR Question Bank
Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains with detailed topic breakdowns to ensure your success.
Pre/Postoperative Patient Assessment and Diagnosis
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Confirm patient identity with two (2) patient identifiers
Confirm correct procedure, operative site, side/site marking with a completed appropriate consent (e.g., surgery, anesthesia, blood)
Review relevant patient data
Use age and culturally appropriate health assessment techniques (e.g., interview, observation)
Review medication reconciliation A
Conduct an individualized physical and psychosocial assessment
Obtain a focused assessment relevantto the procedure
Perform a pain assessment
Identify nursing diagnoses
Confirm advance directive status and/or DNR status
Conduct patient and family teaching as appropriate for the procedure
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Individualized Plan of Care Development and Expected Outcome Identification
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Identify measurable patient outcomes acrossthe continuum of care
Identify specific interventions for each nursing diagnosis to achieve expected outcomes
Ensure care plan addresses specific patient considerations including physiological and behavioral responses, perioperative safety, age considerations, diversity, legal and ethical guidelines
Evaluate patient responsesto plan of care
Update plan of care as needed
Utilize critical thinking skills to facilitate patient care
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Patient Care and Safety
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Maintain patient and personnel safety by monitoring environmental hazards (e.g., chemical, fire, smoke plumes, radiation, electrical, laser)
Provide comfort measures to optimize behavioral responses to the surgical procedure (e.g., physiological, psychological, spiritual)
Prepare the surgical site per procedure and surgeon preference
Ensure the selection of appropriate procedure-specific barrier materials (e.g., lead aprons and drapes, eye goggles, laser shields)
Evaluate patient response to pharmacological agents (e.g., pain management)
Assist with anesthesia management
Control environmental factors
Maintain a sterile field utilizing aseptic technique
Utilize equipment according to manufacturer’s recommendations
Maintain the dignity and privacy of the patient
Protect patients’ rights through advocacy
Verify that specimens are prepared, labeled, and transported correctly
Verify that the correct implants are available
Verify that the implants are correctly prepared
Prepare explants for final disposition
Label solutions, medications, and medication containers
Perform appropriate surgical counts
Perform Universal Protocol
Anticipate the need for intraoperative blood transfusion/salvage
Utilize proper body mechanics
Perform proper patient positioning appropriate for procedure
Intervene with impaired/disruptive behavior in patients, family members, and/or the perioperative team in accordance with facility/institutional policy
Identify wound classifications
Maintain wound dressings, including tubes, lines, and drains
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Management of Personnel, Services, and Materials
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Acquire needed equipment, supplies, and personnel
Assess expiration date and package integrity of products
Implement cost containment measures
Participate in product evaluation/selection
Provide supervision of and education to healthcare team members
Delegate tasks to appropriate personnel according to regulatory agencies and facility policies and procedures
Supervise visitors
Manage healthcare industry representative (HCIR) presence in the OR
Practice environmental stewardship (e.g., go green, minimize waste)
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Communication and Documentation
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Maintain accurate patient records/documentation of all care provided (e.g., relevant facts, unusual occurrences, specimens, medications)
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team (e.g., nutrition, would class, social work, visiting nurse, referrals, transportation)
Communicate current patient status to interdisciplinary healthcare providers (e.g., critical lab values, medical condition, medications, allergies, implants/implantable devices, specimen results)
Communicate measurable patient outcomes across the continuumof care (e.g., hand offs)
Document perioperative education provided to the patient and advocate where applicable
Document post discharge follow up communication provided to patient
Document preoperative and postoperative assessment
Document transfer of care
Document appropriate measures to prepare and track implantable tissue and other trackable items
Evaluate patient status to facilitate transfer to the next level of care
Implement effective solutions to identified patient communication barriers (e.g., translation services, hearing aids, assistive devices)
Provide information about the patient according to HIPAA guidelines
Utilize read-back for verbal orders
Document surgical wound classification
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Infection Prevention and Control of the Environment, Instrumentation, & Supplies
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Ensure proper environmental cleaning forspills, room turnover, and/or terminal cleaning
Ensure appropriate methods for cleaning, disinfecting, packaging, sterilizing, transporting and/or storage of instruments and reusable goods
Ensure appropriate methods for transporting and storage of single-use items
Maintain appropriate documentation for sterilization and disinfection
Ensure proper handling and disposition of hazardous materials (e.g., chemo drugs, hazardous materials, radioactive materials)
Ensure proper handling and disposition of biohazard materials (e.g., blood, CJD)
Utilize appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Adhere to appropriate procedures for sterilization, biological monitoring, and chemical monitoring
Monitor environmental conditions of sterilization and storage areas
Track materials and instruments brought in from outside the facility
Adhere to guidelines regarding proper surgical attire based on restricted, semi-restricted, and non-restricted zones
Adhere to proper hand hygiene guidelines, including surgical hand scrubbing
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Emergency Situations
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Identify emergency situations, including difficult airway, robotic
Perform nursing interventions for malignant hyperthermia (MH)
Perform nursing interventions for anaphylaxis
Perform nursing interventions for cardiac arrest
Perform nursing interventions for trauma
Perform nursing interventions for hemorrhage
Perform nursing interventions for local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST)
Function as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team
Safeguard patients and members of the healthcare team from environmental hazards and during disasters (e.g., fire, toxic fumes, natural disasters, terrorism, active shooter)
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Professional Accountability
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Function within scope of practice
Seek assistance for recognized personal limitations
Report impaired/disruptive behavior in interdisciplinary healthcare team
Uphold ethical and professional standards
Utilize resources for personal growth
Participate in quality improvement activities
Participate in interdisciplinary teams
Participate in professional organizations
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
Exam Sections Covered in BoardCerts CNOR Question Bank
Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains with detailed topic breakdowns to ensure your success.
SECTION 1
Pre/Postoperative Patient Assessment and Diagnosis
- Confirm patient identity with two (2) patient identifiers
- Confirm correct procedure, operative site, side/site marking with a completed appropriate consent (e.g., surgery, anesthesia, blood)
- Review relevant patient data
- Use age and culturally appropriate health assessment techniques (e.g., interview, observation)
- Review medication reconciliation A
- Conduct an individualized physical and psychosocial assessment
- Obtain a focused assessment relevantto the procedure
- Perform a pain assessment
- Identify nursing diagnoses
- Confirm advance directive status and/or DNR status
- Conduct patient and family teaching as appropriate for the procedure
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 2
Individualized Plan of Care Development and Expected Outcome Identification
- Identify measurable patient outcomes acrossthe continuum of care
- Identify specific interventions for each nursing diagnosis to achieve expected outcomes
- Ensure care plan addresses specific patient considerations including physiological and behavioral responses, perioperative safety, age considerations, diversity, legal and ethical guidelines
- Evaluate patient responsesto plan of care
- Update plan of care as needed
- Utilize critical thinking skills to facilitate patient care
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 3
Patient Care and Safety
- Maintain patient and personnel safety by monitoring environmental hazards (e.g., chemical, fire, smoke plumes, radiation, electrical, laser)
- Provide comfort measures to optimize behavioral responses to the surgical procedure (e.g., physiological, psychological, spiritual)
- Prepare the surgical site per procedure and surgeon preference
- Ensure the selection of appropriate procedure-specific barrier materials (e.g., lead aprons and drapes, eye goggles, laser shields)
- Evaluate patient response to pharmacological agents (e.g., pain management)
- Assist with anesthesia management
- Control environmental factors
- Maintain a sterile field utilizing aseptic technique
- Utilize equipment according to manufacturer’s recommendations
- Maintain the dignity and privacy of the patient
- Protect patients’ rights through advocacy
- Verify that specimens are prepared, labeled, and transported correctly
- Verify that the correct implants are available
- Verify that the implants are correctly prepared
- Prepare explants for final disposition
- Label solutions, medications, and medication containers
- Perform appropriate surgical counts
- Perform Universal Protocol
- Anticipate the need for intraoperative blood transfusion/salvage
- Utilize proper body mechanics
- Perform proper patient positioning appropriate for procedure
- Intervene with impaired/disruptive behavior in patients, family members, and/or the perioperative team in accordance with facility/institutional policy
- Identify wound classifications
- Maintain wound dressings, including tubes, lines, and drains
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 4
Management of Personnel, Services, and Materials
- Acquire needed equipment, supplies, and personnel
- Assess expiration date and package integrity of products
- Implement cost containment measures
- Participate in product evaluation/selection
- Provide supervision of and education to healthcare team members
- Delegate tasks to appropriate personnel according to regulatory agencies and facility policies and procedures
- Supervise visitors
- Manage healthcare industry representative (HCIR) presence in the OR
- Practice environmental stewardship (e.g., go green, minimize waste)
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 5
Communication and Documentation
- Maintain accurate patient records/documentation of all care provided (e.g., relevant facts, unusual occurrences, specimens, medications)
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team (e.g., nutrition, would class, social work, visiting nurse, referrals, transportation)
- Communicate current patient status to interdisciplinary healthcare providers (e.g., critical lab values, medical condition, medications, allergies, implants/implantable devices, specimen results)
- Communicate measurable patient outcomes across the continuumof care (e.g., hand offs)
- Document perioperative education provided to the patient and advocate where applicable
- Document post discharge follow up communication provided to patient
- Document preoperative and postoperative assessment
- Document transfer of care
- Document appropriate measures to prepare and track implantable tissue and other trackable items
- Evaluate patient status to facilitate transfer to the next level of care
- Implement effective solutions to identified patient communication barriers (e.g., translation services, hearing aids, assistive devices)
- Provide information about the patient according to HIPAA guidelines
- Utilize read-back for verbal orders
- Document surgical wound classification
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 6
Infection Prevention and Control of the Environment, Instrumentation, & Supplies
- Ensure proper environmental cleaning forspills, room turnover, and/or terminal cleaning
- Ensure appropriate methods for cleaning, disinfecting, packaging, sterilizing, transporting and/or storage of instruments and reusable goods
- Ensure appropriate methods for transporting and storage of single-use items
- Maintain appropriate documentation for sterilization and disinfection
- Ensure proper handling and disposition of hazardous materials (e.g., chemo drugs, hazardous materials, radioactive materials)
- Ensure proper handling and disposition of biohazard materials (e.g., blood, CJD)
- Utilize appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Adhere to appropriate procedures for sterilization, biological monitoring, and chemical monitoring
- Monitor environmental conditions of sterilization and storage areas
- Track materials and instruments brought in from outside the facility
- Adhere to guidelines regarding proper surgical attire based on restricted, semi-restricted, and non-restricted zones
- Adhere to proper hand hygiene guidelines, including surgical hand scrubbing
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 7
Emergency Situations
- Identify emergency situations, including difficult airway, robotic
- Perform nursing interventions for malignant hyperthermia (MH)
- Perform nursing interventions for anaphylaxis
- Perform nursing interventions for cardiac arrest
- Perform nursing interventions for trauma
- Perform nursing interventions for hemorrhage
- Perform nursing interventions for local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST)
- Function as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Safeguard patients and members of the healthcare team from environmental hazards and during disasters (e.g., fire, toxic fumes, natural disasters, terrorism, active shooter)
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
SECTION 8
Professional Accountability
- Function within scope of practice
- Seek assistance for recognized personal limitations
- Report impaired/disruptive behavior in interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Uphold ethical and professional standards
- Utilize resources for personal growth
- Participate in quality improvement activities
- Participate in interdisciplinary teams
- Participate in professional organizations
Exam blueprint areas coveredCNOR
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