NUR 155 EXAM 1 INFECTION CONTROL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C (Droplet)
(Rationale: Droplet precautions involve use of mask to prevent passing to others.)
(A. AIRBORNE precautions require an isolation room, and the client is not allowed outside the room.
B. CONTACT precautions involve gown and glove for direct client contact. This client would not be out of
the room.
D. STANDARD precaution is the global term for all types of precautions.) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
hospitalized client is in a private room. When outside the room, the client must wear a surgical mask.
What type of isolation precaution is in use?
A. Airborne
B. Contact
C. Droplet
D. Standard
A (Vascular and cellular response)
(Rationale: Hyperemia indicates a marked increase in blood supply, and is the first stage of the
inflammatory response. The vascular and cellular response is the first stage.)
B. EXUDATE PRODUCTION is the second stage.
C. REPARITIVE PHASE is the third stage.
D. MARGINATION is part of the first stage.) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nurse notes hyperemia when
evaluating the incision of a client. The nurse knows that this indicates what stage in the inflammatory
response?
A. Vascular and cellular response
B. Exudate production
, C. Reparative phase
D. Margination
A, B, C (Escherichia coli, Entercocci, Staphylcoccus aureus) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What are the most
common infecting microorganisms in nosocomial infections? (Select all that apply.)
A. Escherichia coli
B. Enterococci
C. Staphylcoccus aureus
D. Serratia
Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The freedom from disease-causing microorganisms.
Medical Asepsis (Clean Technique) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All practices intended to confine a specific
microorganism to a specific area, limiting the number, growth, and spread of microorganisms.
Surgical Asepsis (Sterile Technique) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All practices the keep an area or object free
of ALL microorganisms.
Sepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The presence of pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the body or
body tissues.
HAI's (Healthcare Associated Infections) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections that originate in any health
care setting.
Nosocomial Infections - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections that originate in the hospital.
(A subgroup of HAI's)
Endogenous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The term used to describe the SOURCE of microorganisms that
cause nosocomial infections thst originate from the CLIENT themselves.
C (Droplet)
(Rationale: Droplet precautions involve use of mask to prevent passing to others.)
(A. AIRBORNE precautions require an isolation room, and the client is not allowed outside the room.
B. CONTACT precautions involve gown and glove for direct client contact. This client would not be out of
the room.
D. STANDARD precaution is the global term for all types of precautions.) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
hospitalized client is in a private room. When outside the room, the client must wear a surgical mask.
What type of isolation precaution is in use?
A. Airborne
B. Contact
C. Droplet
D. Standard
A (Vascular and cellular response)
(Rationale: Hyperemia indicates a marked increase in blood supply, and is the first stage of the
inflammatory response. The vascular and cellular response is the first stage.)
B. EXUDATE PRODUCTION is the second stage.
C. REPARITIVE PHASE is the third stage.
D. MARGINATION is part of the first stage.) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nurse notes hyperemia when
evaluating the incision of a client. The nurse knows that this indicates what stage in the inflammatory
response?
A. Vascular and cellular response
B. Exudate production
, C. Reparative phase
D. Margination
A, B, C (Escherichia coli, Entercocci, Staphylcoccus aureus) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What are the most
common infecting microorganisms in nosocomial infections? (Select all that apply.)
A. Escherichia coli
B. Enterococci
C. Staphylcoccus aureus
D. Serratia
Asepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The freedom from disease-causing microorganisms.
Medical Asepsis (Clean Technique) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All practices intended to confine a specific
microorganism to a specific area, limiting the number, growth, and spread of microorganisms.
Surgical Asepsis (Sterile Technique) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All practices the keep an area or object free
of ALL microorganisms.
Sepsis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The presence of pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the body or
body tissues.
HAI's (Healthcare Associated Infections) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections that originate in any health
care setting.
Nosocomial Infections - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Infections that originate in the hospital.
(A subgroup of HAI's)
Endogenous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The term used to describe the SOURCE of microorganisms that
cause nosocomial infections thst originate from the CLIENT themselves.
