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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
2008 Standards, Recommended Practices and Guidelines, 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
Additional References
Essentials of Perioperative Nursing, Spry, C., 3rd Edition, 2005
Surgical Technology Principles and Practice, Fuller, JK., 4th Edition, 2005
Weekly Schedule
Week 1 – Introduction, AORN Recommended Practices
AORN Standards, Recommended Practices and Guidelines: Section 3
Week 2 – Professional Standards and Standards of Perioperative Clinical Practice
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, Chapter 1
AORN Recommended Practices: Section 2
Week 3 – Patient Outcomes: Standards of Perioperative Care
AORN Recommended Practices: Section 3
CNOR Exam Study Guide: Chapter 1
Week 4 – Patient/Family Education, Psychological Support
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 21
CNOR Study Guide: Chapter 3 and 4
Week 5 – Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 31
Week 6 – Physiologic Monitoring
Berry and Kohn's OR Technique, Chapter 27
Week 7 – Free from Harm
AORN Recommended Practices:
- Prevention of Transmissible Infections
- Electrosurgery
- Laser Safety in the Practice Setting
- Reducing Radiologic Exposure in the Practice Setting
- Selection and Use of Packaging Systems
- High-level Disinfection
- Care and Cleaning of Instruments and Powered Equipment
- Environmental Cleaning in the Surgical Practice Setting
- Sterilization in the Perioperative Practice Setting
- Surgical Tissue Banking
CNOR Study Guide, Chapter 3
Week 8 – Skin Integrity and Wound Management
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapter 8
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapters 28 and 29
CNOR Exam Study Guide, Chapter 3
Week 9 – Absence of Infection
AORN Recommended Practices:
- Surgical Attire
- Traffic Patterns in the Perioperative Practice Setting
- Sterilization in the Perioperative Practice Setting
- 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
Week 10 – Anesthesia and IV Sedation Monitoring
AORN Recommended Practices:
- Managing the Patient under Conscious 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
Week 11 – Maintaining Asepsis
AORN Recommended Practices:
- Sterilization in the Perioperative Practice Setting
- 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
Week 12 – Instruments and Equipment
CNOR Study Guide: Chapters 6 and 8
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapter 6
AORN Recommended Practices:
Product Selection in the Perioperative Practice Setting
Cleaning and Care of Instruments and Powered Equipment
Cleaning and Processing Endoscopes
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 19 and 20
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
Week 14 – Sponge, Sharp, and Instrument Counts
AORN Recommended Practices: Sponge, Sharp, and Instrument Counts
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 25
Week 15 – Documentation
AORN Recommended Practices:
Documentation of Perioperative Nursing Care
CNOR Study Guide: Chapters 1,2,3, and 4
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapter 2
Week 16 – Post Anesthesia Care
CNOR Study Guide: Chapter 5
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapters 9 and 10
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapters 30 and 31
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
Week 18 – Pediatrics/Geriatrics
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery: Chapters 29 and 30
Berry and Kohn’s OR Technique, Chapters 8 and 9
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
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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