84.Which client care requires the nurse to wear barrier gloves as
required by the protocol for Standard Precautions?
A. Removing the empty food tray from a client with a urinary catheter.
B. Washing and combing the hair of a client with a fractured leg in
traction.
C. Administering oral medications to a cooperative client with a
wound infection.
D. Emptying the urinary catheter drainage bag for a client with
Alzheimer's disease.
Possible contact with body secretions, excretions, or broken skin is an
indication for wearing barrier (nonsterile) gloves. Emptying a urine
drainage bag requires the use of gloves (D). (A, B, and C) do not
require gloves.
Correct Answer: D
required by the protocol for Standard Precautions?
A. Removing the empty food tray from a client with a urinary catheter.
B. Washing and combing the hair of a client with a fractured leg in
traction.
C. Administering oral medications to a cooperative client with a
wound infection.
D. Emptying the urinary catheter drainage bag for a client with
Alzheimer's disease.
Possible contact with body secretions, excretions, or broken skin is an
indication for wearing barrier (nonsterile) gloves. Emptying a urine
drainage bag requires the use of gloves (D). (A, B, and C) do not
require gloves.
Correct Answer: D
