BASIC NURSING UPDATED TEST 2 ACTUAL
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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..
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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..
