VN06 LO2

What is the role of the circulating nurse?

• To monitor anaesthesia

• To pass instruments in surgery

• To open and pass sterile materials

• To prepare for the next surgery

What is not included in a surgical safety checklist

• Monitoring equipment

• What the patient eats

• Anaesthetic machine checks

• IV cannula placed and patient

What type of instrument is a 'Metzenbaum'?

• Scissor

• Needle holder

• Tissue forcep

• Bowel clamp

What type of instrument is a 'Gillie'?

• Needle holder

• Scissors

• Retractor

• Tissue forceps

What is not a type of towel clamp

• Backhaus

• Jones

• Shardel

• Balfour

What is the widest bladed scissor?

• Mayo

• Metzenbaum

• Castroviejo

• Littauer

How should the scrub nurse pass instruments?

• Blade first

• Handle first

• You don't

• Over the surgical site

Allis and Babcock are all types of what?

• Needle holder

• Tissue forceps

• Scissors

• Retractors

What sized blades fit a number 3 scalpel handle?

• 8-15

• 20-25

• 5-10

• 15-20