Exam 5: Infection Control

The nurse is preparing to transfer a sterile voided urine specimen from the patient's bathroom to the laboratory.What supplies should he or she gather to complete this procedure?

The nurse is preparing to put on sterile gloves.What should the nurse do to begin this procedure?

The nurse is caring for several patients under contact precautions.Which option is possible for the nurse to use if two of her patients have "like" infections?

The nurse helps the health care provider get supplies and monitor the patient during an emergency insertion of a femoral line at the patient's bedside.Which nursing behavior helps to maintain the sterile environment?

The nurse is getting ready to provide a sterile dressing change.Which nursing action is consistent with principles used to prepare a sterile field?

The nurse is caring for a patient with C.difficile.What type of precautions should the nurse use?

The nurse is screening a patient for latex allergy.Which factors place the patient at a higher risk for latex allergies? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is preparing to enter a room for the patient on contact precautions.In which order should the nurse don personal protection equipment?

The nurse completes preparation of the sterile field to change a patient's dressing when the patient's dinner tray arrives.Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is orientating a nursing assistant and is discussing handwashing principles.Which statement from the nursing assistant indicates a good understanding of those principles?

The nurse bathes a patient who has an infection transmitted by the oral-fecal route such as C.difficile, and notes a small tear in one glove.Which group of interventions does the nurse use for self-protection?

A patient on isolation precautions tries to leave the isolation room because of loneliness despite repeated instructions to remain in the room.Which action should the nurse implement as a patient advocate?

Gloves are effective protective barriers from pathogens when caring for patients in isolation.Which patient factor associated with the gloves should the nurse investigate for patients in isolation?

The nurse is orientating a new graduate nurse.Which statements by the orientee indicate a high level of understanding about the principles of hand hygiene? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse assists the health care provider during the insertion of a central venous catheter.Which is the most effective intervention for the nurse to implement to prevent patient infection?

The nurse teaches the patient the proper handwashing technique before discharge and asks for a return demonstration.Which hand-hygiene technique indicates that patient teaching by the nurse is effective?

The nurse sets up a sterile field and notes several tiny holes in the sterile drape of the table that served as the wrap for the pack.What does the nurse do to facilitate completion of the procedure?

In which of the following situations should the nurse use surgical asepsis?

The nurse completes care for the patient on droplet precautions.Which procedure does the nurse implement to prevent transmitting the pathogen to other people?

While setting up a sterile field for a procedure, the nurse knocks a linen-wrapped sterile package to the floor.Which reaction allows the nurse to maintain safe practice?