NUR 210 Fundamentals Book Questions
with Detailed Explanations 2026
This document contains:
❖ NUR 210 questions and answers
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❖ nursing fundamentals textbook questions with answers
❖ NUR 210 basic book questions and answers
,1. A patient has been placed on contact precaution for
1, 2, 3
clostridium difficile asks you to explain what he should
know about this organism. Which statements made by
the patient show an understanding of patent teach-
ing? (Select all that apply)
1. The organism I usually transmitted through the fe-
cal-oral route
2. Hands should always be cleaned with soap and wa-
ter rather than alcohol-based hand sanitizer
3. Everyone coming into the room must wear a gown
and gloves
4. While I'm in contact precautions I cannot leave the
room
5. C difficile dies quickly once outside the body
2. A patient is diagnosed with meningitis. Which type of
2
isolation precaution is most appropriate for this pa-
tient?
1. Reverse isolation
2. Droplet precaution
3. Standard precaution
4. Contact precaution
3. A patient is placed on airborne precautions for pul-
3
monary tuberculosis. The nurse notes that the patient
seems to be angry, but the nurse recognizes that this
is a normal response to isolation. Which is the nurses
best intervention?
1. Provide a dark quiet room to calm the patient
, 2. Reduce the level of precautions to keep the patient
from being angry
3. Explain the reasons for isolation procedures and
provide meaningful stimulation
4. Limit family and other caregiver visits to reduce the
risk of spreading the infection
4. Which type of personal protective equipment should 1, 2, 5
the nurse wear when caring for a pediatric patient who
is placed on airborne precaution for confirmed chicken
pox/herpes zoster? (Select all that apply)
1. Disposable gown
2. N95 respirator mask
3. Face shield or goggles
4. Disposable mask
5. Gloves
5. The infection control nurse has asked the staff to work 1, 2, 3
on reducing the number of iatrogenic infections on
the unit. Which of the following actions on the nurs-
es' part would contribute to healthcare-acquired infec-
tion? (Select all that apply)
1. Teaching correct hand washing to assigned patient
2. Using correct procedures in starting and caring for
an intravenous catheter
3. Providing perineal care to a patient with an in-
dwelling catheter
4. isolating a patient on antibiotics who has been hav-
ing loose stool for 24 hours
6. 2 and 3
, Which of the following actions by the nurse demon-
strates the practice of core principles of surgical asep-
sis? (Select all that apply)
1. The front and sides of the sterile gown are consid-
ered sterile from the waist up
2. Keep the sterile field in view at all times
3. Consider the outer 2.5 cm (1 in) of the sterile field as
contimanitaed
4. Only healthcare personnel within the sterile field
must wear personal protective equipment
5. After cleansing the hands with antiseptic rub, apply
clean disposable gloves
7. Put the following steps for removal of protective barri- 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
ers after leaving an isolation room in order
1. Remove and dispose of gloves
2. Perform hand hygiene
3. Remove eyewear or goggles
4. Untie bottom and then top masl strings and remove
from face
5. Untie neck and waist string of gown. Remove gown,
rolling it onto itself without touching the contaminated
sides
8. A patient is diagnosed with a multi-drug resistance 2 and 4
organism (MDRO) in his surgical wound and asks the
nurse what does it mean. What is the nurses best
response? (Select all that apply)
1. There is more than 1 organism in the wound that is
causing the infection
with Detailed Explanations 2026
This document contains:
❖ NUR 210 questions and answers
❖ nursing textbook practice questions
❖ fundamentals of nursing questions
❖ nursing exam prep questions
❖ nursing fundamentals textbook questions with answers
❖ NUR 210 basic book questions and answers
,1. A patient has been placed on contact precaution for
1, 2, 3
clostridium difficile asks you to explain what he should
know about this organism. Which statements made by
the patient show an understanding of patent teach-
ing? (Select all that apply)
1. The organism I usually transmitted through the fe-
cal-oral route
2. Hands should always be cleaned with soap and wa-
ter rather than alcohol-based hand sanitizer
3. Everyone coming into the room must wear a gown
and gloves
4. While I'm in contact precautions I cannot leave the
room
5. C difficile dies quickly once outside the body
2. A patient is diagnosed with meningitis. Which type of
2
isolation precaution is most appropriate for this pa-
tient?
1. Reverse isolation
2. Droplet precaution
3. Standard precaution
4. Contact precaution
3. A patient is placed on airborne precautions for pul-
3
monary tuberculosis. The nurse notes that the patient
seems to be angry, but the nurse recognizes that this
is a normal response to isolation. Which is the nurses
best intervention?
1. Provide a dark quiet room to calm the patient
, 2. Reduce the level of precautions to keep the patient
from being angry
3. Explain the reasons for isolation procedures and
provide meaningful stimulation
4. Limit family and other caregiver visits to reduce the
risk of spreading the infection
4. Which type of personal protective equipment should 1, 2, 5
the nurse wear when caring for a pediatric patient who
is placed on airborne precaution for confirmed chicken
pox/herpes zoster? (Select all that apply)
1. Disposable gown
2. N95 respirator mask
3. Face shield or goggles
4. Disposable mask
5. Gloves
5. The infection control nurse has asked the staff to work 1, 2, 3
on reducing the number of iatrogenic infections on
the unit. Which of the following actions on the nurs-
es' part would contribute to healthcare-acquired infec-
tion? (Select all that apply)
1. Teaching correct hand washing to assigned patient
2. Using correct procedures in starting and caring for
an intravenous catheter
3. Providing perineal care to a patient with an in-
dwelling catheter
4. isolating a patient on antibiotics who has been hav-
ing loose stool for 24 hours
6. 2 and 3
, Which of the following actions by the nurse demon-
strates the practice of core principles of surgical asep-
sis? (Select all that apply)
1. The front and sides of the sterile gown are consid-
ered sterile from the waist up
2. Keep the sterile field in view at all times
3. Consider the outer 2.5 cm (1 in) of the sterile field as
contimanitaed
4. Only healthcare personnel within the sterile field
must wear personal protective equipment
5. After cleansing the hands with antiseptic rub, apply
clean disposable gloves
7. Put the following steps for removal of protective barri- 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
ers after leaving an isolation room in order
1. Remove and dispose of gloves
2. Perform hand hygiene
3. Remove eyewear or goggles
4. Untie bottom and then top masl strings and remove
from face
5. Untie neck and waist string of gown. Remove gown,
rolling it onto itself without touching the contaminated
sides
8. A patient is diagnosed with a multi-drug resistance 2 and 4
organism (MDRO) in his surgical wound and asks the
nurse what does it mean. What is the nurses best
response? (Select all that apply)
1. There is more than 1 organism in the wound that is
causing the infection
