NSG 3100 exam 1_ Asepsis and Infection Control Ch. 26 exams with answers

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Select the primary type of precaution for each of the following organisms. Each row
must have a least one response option selected.



Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


Hepatitis A
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


Pharyngeal diphtheria
Contact: ○

,Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


Rubeola
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


Covid-19
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○


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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Contact: ●
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○

Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ●


Hepatitis A
Contact: ●
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○

Pharyngeal diphtheria
Contact: ○
Droplet: ●
Airborne: ○

Rubeola

, Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ●


Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
Contact: ●
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ○

Covid-19
Contact: ○
Droplet: ○
Airborne: ●




Place the following in the correct order for handwashing.
a. Wrists _____
b. Fingertips and under the nails _____
c. Palms _____
d. Fingers _____
e. Back (dorsum) of the hands _____
f. Between the fingers _____


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The correct order is c, e, a, f, d, and b.




The nurse suspects that an older adult patient may be experiencing hypostatic
pneumonia. Older adult patients may react differently to infectious processes, so the
nurse is alert to an atypical sign, such as which of the following?
a. Hypotension
b. Confusion
c. Erythema
d. Chills


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