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Study Plan |
Study Plan Example
Study Guide Curriculum Content
Download the Study Plan for individual or group use.
The Competency & Credentialing Institute often receives requests for information on how to study and what to study when preparing for the CNOR exam. Often, there are several nurses from the same facility, or the same AORN Chapter that would like to study together.
The following information is being offered as an example of a 20-week course for a study group to use when reviewing for the CNOR exam. This outline is an example only, it can be modified to meet individual needs, and can be used by a single individual, if reviewing for the exam alone.
Recommended References
2009 Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices AORN, Inc.
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, Jane Rothrock, editor, 13th Edition, 2007
Berry and Kohn’s Operating Room Technique, Nancymarie Phillips, editor, 11th Edition, 2007
CNOR Exam Study Guide and Practice Resource, CCI 2nd Edition, 2007, CCI
Competency for Safe Patient Care During Operative and Invasive Procedures, Mark Phippen, Brenda Ulmer, Maryann Wells, editors, CCI Publisher, 2009.
Additional References
Essentials of Perioperative Nursing, Spry, C., 3rd Edition, 2005
Surgical Technology Principles and Practice, Fuller, JK., 4th Edition, 2005
Weekly Schedule
WEEK |
CONTENT AREA |
REFERENCES |
Week 1 |
Introduction, AORN Recommended Practices |
- AORN Recommended Practices, Section 3
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Week 2 |
Professional Standards and Standards of Perioperative Clinical Practice |
- Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery, Chapter 1
- AORN Recommended Practices: Section 1
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Week 3 |
Patient Outcomes: Standards of Perioperative Care |
- AORN Recommended Practices: Section 1,
- CNOR Exam Study Guide: Chapter 1
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Week 4 |
Patient/Family Education, Psychological Support |
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 21
- CNOR Exam Study Guide: Chapter 3 and 4
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 5
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Week 5 |
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance |
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, page 626-628
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, page 378 - 384
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Week 6 |
Physiologic Monitoring |
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 27
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 13
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Week 7 |
Free from Harm |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
- Prevention of Transmissible Infections,
- Electrosurgery,
- Laser Safety in Practice Settings,
- Reducing Radiologic Exposure in the Perioperative Practice Setting,
- Selection and Use of Packaging Systems,
- High-Level Disinfection,
- Care and Cleaning of Instruments and Powered Equipment,
- Environmental Cleaning in the Perioperative Practice Setting,
- Sterilization in Perioperative Practice Settings,
- Surgical Tissue Banking,
- CNOR Exam Study Guide, Chapter 3
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Week 8 |
Skin Integrity & Wound Management |
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapter 8
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapters 28 & 29
- CNOR Exam Study Guide, Chapter 3
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 16 and 17
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Week 9 |
Absence of Infection |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
- Surgical Attire,
- Traffic Patterns in the Perioperative Practice Setting,
- Sterilization in Perioperative Practice Settings,
- Preoperative Patient Skin Antisepsis,
- Surgical Hand Antisepsis,
- Maintaining the Sterile Field ,
- CNOR Study Guide, Chapters 3 and 6,
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapter 3
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 9
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Week 10 |
Anesthesia and IV Sedation Monitoring |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
- Managing the Patient receiving Moderate Sedation/Analgesia,
- Managing the Patient under Local Anesthesia,
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, Chapter 4,
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 24
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 7, 12 and 13
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Week 11 |
Maintaining Asepsis |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
- Sterilization in Perioperative Practice Settings,
- Maintaining the Sterile Field,
- Selection and Use of Gowns and Drapes,
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 15
- CNOR Exam Study Guide: Chapter 3
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 9
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Week 12 |
Instruments and Equipment |
- CNOR Exam Study Guide: Chapters 6, 8
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapter 6,
- AORN Recommended Practices:
- Product Selection in Perioperative Practice Settings
- Cleaning and Care of Instruments and Powered Equipment
- Cleaning and Processing Endoscopes
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 19 and 20
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 11
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Week 13 |
Patient Positioning |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
Positioning the Patient in the Perioperative Practice Setting,
- CNOR Study Guide: Chapter 3
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery:
Chapter 5,
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 26
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 8
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Week 14 |
Sponge, Sharp and Instrument Counts |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
Sponge, Sharp, and Instrument Counts
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 25
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 10
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Week 15 |
Documentation |
- AORN Recommended Practices:
Documentation of Perioperative Nursing Care,
- CNOR Exam Study Guide, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 2
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Week 16 |
Post Anesthesia Care |
- CNOR Exam Study Guide: Chapter 5,
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapter 9 & 10
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapters 30 & 31
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 18
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Week 17 |
Ambulatory Surgery |
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in surgery, Chapter 28,
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 11
- AORN Recommended Practices: Section 2:
- Patient Care in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting
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Week 18 |
Pediatrics/Geriatrics |
- Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapters 29 & 30,
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapters 8 & 9
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 37 and 38
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Week 19 |
Legal, Regulatory, Legislative and Professional |
- Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 3
- CNOR Exam Study Guide, Chapter 9
- AORN Recommended Practices: Section 4, Explications for Perioperative Nursing
- Competency for Safe Patient Care, Chapter 4
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Week 20 |
Emergencies and Patient Safety |
- CNOR Exam Study Guide, Chapter 7
- AORN Recommended Practices: Section 2
- Latex Guidelines
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Prevention of Venous Stasis
- Fire Prevention in the Operating Room
- Patient Safety Culture
- Safe Medication Practices in Perioperative Practice Settings
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