Test Bank For Davis Advantage Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and Caring 3rd Edition Treas
Wilkinson Test Bank 2026 Update!!
The nurse is assessing a client with a high fever and chills. What should be
included in the
assessment? Select all that apply.
- Risk for compromised immune system
- Abnormal white blood cell count
- Regularity of bowel movements
- Drainage from wounds
- History of fevers - ANSWER Risk for compromised immune system
Abnormal white blood cell count
Drainage from wounds
History of fevers
Which objects are at greatest risk for infection transfer in the healthcare environment? Select all
that
apply.
- Healthcare workers
- Artificial fingernails
- Vital sign equipment
- Dietary trays
- Public restrooms - ANSWER Healthcare workers
Artificial fingernails
Vital sign equipment
,A client is asking the nurse how he contracted a multidrug-resistant microorganism in his foot
wound. What factors likely contributed? Select all that apply.
- Previous use of antibiotics
- Advanced age
- First exposure to the hospital environment
- Chronic illness
- Incorrect dosing of antibiotics - ANSWER Previous use of antibiotics
Advanced age
Chronic illness
The nurse is teaching a group of elementary students about infection prevention. Which factors
should be included in the discussion? Select all that apply
- Importance of washing hands
- Eating a diet with vitamin C at each meal
- Regular physical activity
- Getting an annual influenza immunization
- Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night - ANSWER Importance of washing hands
Regular physical activity
Getting an annual influenza immunization
Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night
,The nurse needs an IV pole to begin a new medication for a client. There is a pole in another
client's
room that is not in use. What should be the nurse's next action?
- Ask whether the pole has been cleaned.
- Take the pole and begin using it.
- Disinfect the pole and begin using it.
- Send the pole to the sterilizing department - ANSWER Disinfect the pole and begin using it.
A client is admitted to the hospital with bloody sputum and night sweats, signs of tuberculosis.
Which
precautions must the nurse institute immediately?
- Droplet
- Airborne
- Contact
- Protective - ANSWER Airborne
The client has developed kidney infection following a bladder infection from the urinary
catheter.
How would the nurse describe this? Select all that apply.
- Local
- Systemic
- Primary
- Secondary
- Healthcare-related - ANSWER Local
, Secondary
Healthcare-related
How should the nurse deliver the breakfast tray to the bedside of a client in airborne isolation?
- Place the tray on the table just inside the client's door.
- Apply gloves and place the tray on the client's nightstand.
- Apply respirator mask and gloves, then place the tray on the client's nightstand.
- Set the tray outside the client's room. - ANSWER Apply respirator mask and gloves, then
place the tray on the client's nightstand.
In which situation would standard precautions be adequate? Select all that apply.
- While talking with a client with a moist, productive cough
- While assisting a client with oral care
- While ambulating a client after a procedure
- While inserting an intravenous catheter
- When changing a dressing for a client with MRSA - ANSWER While assisting a client with oral
care
While ambulating a client after a procedure
While inserting an intravenous catheter
The nurse notices a blood pressure cuff in the client's room with spots of dried blood on it.
What
should be the nurse next action?
Wilkinson Test Bank 2026 Update!!
The nurse is assessing a client with a high fever and chills. What should be
included in the
assessment? Select all that apply.
- Risk for compromised immune system
- Abnormal white blood cell count
- Regularity of bowel movements
- Drainage from wounds
- History of fevers - ANSWER Risk for compromised immune system
Abnormal white blood cell count
Drainage from wounds
History of fevers
Which objects are at greatest risk for infection transfer in the healthcare environment? Select all
that
apply.
- Healthcare workers
- Artificial fingernails
- Vital sign equipment
- Dietary trays
- Public restrooms - ANSWER Healthcare workers
Artificial fingernails
Vital sign equipment
,A client is asking the nurse how he contracted a multidrug-resistant microorganism in his foot
wound. What factors likely contributed? Select all that apply.
- Previous use of antibiotics
- Advanced age
- First exposure to the hospital environment
- Chronic illness
- Incorrect dosing of antibiotics - ANSWER Previous use of antibiotics
Advanced age
Chronic illness
The nurse is teaching a group of elementary students about infection prevention. Which factors
should be included in the discussion? Select all that apply
- Importance of washing hands
- Eating a diet with vitamin C at each meal
- Regular physical activity
- Getting an annual influenza immunization
- Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night - ANSWER Importance of washing hands
Regular physical activity
Getting an annual influenza immunization
Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night
,The nurse needs an IV pole to begin a new medication for a client. There is a pole in another
client's
room that is not in use. What should be the nurse's next action?
- Ask whether the pole has been cleaned.
- Take the pole and begin using it.
- Disinfect the pole and begin using it.
- Send the pole to the sterilizing department - ANSWER Disinfect the pole and begin using it.
A client is admitted to the hospital with bloody sputum and night sweats, signs of tuberculosis.
Which
precautions must the nurse institute immediately?
- Droplet
- Airborne
- Contact
- Protective - ANSWER Airborne
The client has developed kidney infection following a bladder infection from the urinary
catheter.
How would the nurse describe this? Select all that apply.
- Local
- Systemic
- Primary
- Secondary
- Healthcare-related - ANSWER Local
, Secondary
Healthcare-related
How should the nurse deliver the breakfast tray to the bedside of a client in airborne isolation?
- Place the tray on the table just inside the client's door.
- Apply gloves and place the tray on the client's nightstand.
- Apply respirator mask and gloves, then place the tray on the client's nightstand.
- Set the tray outside the client's room. - ANSWER Apply respirator mask and gloves, then
place the tray on the client's nightstand.
In which situation would standard precautions be adequate? Select all that apply.
- While talking with a client with a moist, productive cough
- While assisting a client with oral care
- While ambulating a client after a procedure
- While inserting an intravenous catheter
- When changing a dressing for a client with MRSA - ANSWER While assisting a client with oral
care
While ambulating a client after a procedure
While inserting an intravenous catheter
The nurse notices a blood pressure cuff in the client's room with spots of dried blood on it.
What
should be the nurse next action?
