The Nurse Is Instructing One of the Facility's Unlicensed Assistive

Multiple Choice

The nurse is instructing one of the facility's unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) about how to correctly use a sharps container. The nurse recognizes that further instruction is warranted when the UAP states, "I will:

A) drop sharp items, including needles, into a sharps container."
B) shake the sharps container gently to settle the contents."
C) put my fingers inside the opening to push the item well inside the container."
D) replace the sharps container when it is two thirds full."