Exam 5: Infection Control

The nurse has just finished a sterile dressing change.Which technique should he or she use to remove sterile gloves?

The nurse evaluates the handwashing technique of nursing assistive personnel (NAP).Which behavior by NAP requires additional training by the nurse?

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

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 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?

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

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

The nurse is preparing a sterile field with several items on it.Which action should the nurse implement to maintain a sterile field?

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

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 helps the healthcare 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 caring for a 4-year-old child who has rubella.Which transmission precautions should the nurse implement to prevent rubella exposure?

Which of the follow elements are present in the chain of infections? (Select all that apply.)

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 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 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?

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?

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

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?

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