1. Which one of the following indicates that the nurse is using surgical aseptic
a. Inserting an intra-venous
technique?
catheter
Select one:
a. Inserting an intravenous catheter
b. Placing soiled linen in moisture-resistant bags
c. Disposing of syringes in puncture-proof containers
d. Washing hands before changing a dressing
2. The client requires a sterile dressing change. Which
b. Check integrity of sterile
of the following is an appropriate intervention for the packagesprior to use.
nurse to implement in maintaining sterile asepsis?
Select one:
a. Put sterile gloves on before opening sterile pack-ages.
b. Check integrity of sterile packages prior to use.
c. Place the cap of the sterile solution well within the sterile field.
d. Place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape.
3. The client has a large, deep abdominal incision that b. Throw the packing
requires a dressing. The incision is packed with sterile away, andprepareanew
1.75-cm packing and covered with a dry, 10 × 10-cm gauze. When changing one.
the dressing, the nurse acci-dentally drops the packing onto the client's
abdomen. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Select one:
a. Add alcohol to the packing and insert it into the incision.
, b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
c. Pick up the packing with sterile forceps, and gently place it into the
incision.
d. Rinse the packing with sterile water, and put the packing into the
incision with sterile gloves.
4. Droplet precautions will be instituted for the client admitted to the
a. Influenza
infectious disease unit with which of the following conditions?
Select one:
a. Influenza
b. C. difficile
c. Pulmonary tuberculosis
d. Measles
5. A client with active tuberculosis is admitted to the medical center. The nurse
recognizes that which of the following types of precautions will be required
upon admission of this client?
a. Airborne precautions
Select one:
a. Airborne precautions
b. Droplet precautions
c. Contact precautions
d. Reverse isolation
6. The parent of a preschool child asks the nurse how chickenpox (caused by
the varicella-zoster virus) is
b. It is carried though the air in
droplets after sneez-
transmitted. The nurse explains which of the following ing or coughing.
,about the virus?
, Select one:
a. It is carried by a vector organism.
b. It is carried though the air in droplets after sneezing or coughing.
c. It is transmitted through person-to-person contact.
d. It is acquired through contact with contaminated objects.
7. The nurse recognizes the appropriate procedures for sterile asepsis. Of the
following, which action is con-sistent with sterile asepsis?
c. The first small amount of sterile
Select one: solution should be poured and
discarded.
a. Clean forceps may be used to move items on the sterile field.
b. Sterile fields may be prepared well in advance of the procedures.
c. The first small amount of sterile solution should be poured and discarded.
d. Wrapped sterile packages should be opened start-ing with the flap
closest to the nurse.
8. The nursing assistant is learning how to use protective a. Wash her hands, apply
equipment when caring for a client in isolation. The the mask and eyewear, put
nursingassistantis instructed inthecorrect sequence onthegown,andthenap-
for putting on the protective equipment. Which of the ply gloves.
following describes the correct sequence?
Select one:
a. Wash her hands, apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown, and then
apply gloves.
b. Apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown, wash