**Title:** **Infection Control & Patient Safety:
NCLEX-RN Mastery for the Modern Nurse**
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### Question 1 of 84
A nurse is caring for a client with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Which type of infection control
precautions should the nurse implement?
A) Contact precautions
B) Droplet precautions
C) Airborne precautions
D) Standard precautions only
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: TB requires airborne precautions (C): negative pressure room, N95 respirator.
Droplet is for flu/meningitis; contact for MRSA/Cdiff.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: C) Airborne precautions
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### Question 2 of 84
A nurse is preparing to insert an indwelling urinary catheter. Which action maintains sterile technique?
A) Open the catheter kit before applying sterile gloves.
B) Clean the meatus with antiseptic swabs using a back-and-forth motion.
C) Use sterile gloves for the procedure and keep the dominant hand sterile.
,D) Place the catheter on the client’s bed linens if it drops.
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Sterile glove on dominant hand remains sterile (C). Kit is opened before sterile gloves
(A is incorrect but not unsafe). Clean front-to-back. Dropped items are contaminated.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: C) Use sterile gloves for the procedure and keep the dominant hand sterile.
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### Question 3 of 84
**Select-All-That-Apply (SATA):** A nurse is implementing contact precautions for a client with
Clostridioides difficile. Which actions are correct? (Select all that apply.)
A) Place client in a private room.
B) Wear gown and gloves upon room entry.
C) Use alcohol-based hand rub for hand hygiene.
D) Dedicate equipment to the client.
E) Wash hands with soap and water after client care.
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Contact precautions: private room (A), gown/gloves (B), dedicated equipment (D),
soap/water for Cdiff (E). Alcohol does not kill Cdiff spores (C wrong).
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: A, B, D, E
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### Question 4 of 84
A nurse is caring for a client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a wound. Which
precaution should the nurse implement?
,A) Airborne precautions
B) Contact precautions
C) Droplet precautions
D) Protective environment
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: MRSA requires contact precautions (B). Private room, gown, gloves. Airborne for TB;
droplet for flu.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: B) Contact precautions
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### Question 5 of 84
A nurse is preparing to perform hand hygiene. Which situation requires washing with soap and water
rather than alcohol-based hand rub?
A) Before touching a client with an intact immune system
B) After removing gloves that are not visibly soiled
C) When hands are visibly soiled with blood or body fluids
D) Before preparing a sterile field
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Soap/water required for visible soil (C). Alcohol rub is acceptable for routine hand
hygiene without visible soil.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: C) When hands are visibly soiled with blood or body fluids
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### Question 6 of 84
, A nurse is caring for a client with seasonal influenza. Which type of precautions should the nurse
implement?
A) Contact precautions
B) Droplet precautions
C) Airborne precautions
D) Protective isolation
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Influenza requires droplet precautions (B): surgical mask within 3 feet, private room
or cohort.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: B) Droplet precautions
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### Question 7 of 84
**Select-All-That-Apply (SATA):** A nurse is reviewing transmission-based precautions. Which diseases
require airborne precautions? (Select all that apply.)
A) Measles (rubeola)
B) Varicella (chickenpox)
C) Tuberculosis
D) Mumps
E) Rubella
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Airborne: measles (A), varicella (B), TB (C), disseminated zoster. Mumps and rubella
are droplet.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: A, B, C
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NCLEX-RN Mastery for the Modern Nurse**
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### Question 1 of 84
A nurse is caring for a client with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Which type of infection control
precautions should the nurse implement?
A) Contact precautions
B) Droplet precautions
C) Airborne precautions
D) Standard precautions only
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: TB requires airborne precautions (C): negative pressure room, N95 respirator.
Droplet is for flu/meningitis; contact for MRSA/Cdiff.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: C) Airborne precautions
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### Question 2 of 84
A nurse is preparing to insert an indwelling urinary catheter. Which action maintains sterile technique?
A) Open the catheter kit before applying sterile gloves.
B) Clean the meatus with antiseptic swabs using a back-and-forth motion.
C) Use sterile gloves for the procedure and keep the dominant hand sterile.
,D) Place the catheter on the client’s bed linens if it drops.
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Sterile glove on dominant hand remains sterile (C). Kit is opened before sterile gloves
(A is incorrect but not unsafe). Clean front-to-back. Dropped items are contaminated.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: C) Use sterile gloves for the procedure and keep the dominant hand sterile.
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### Question 3 of 84
**Select-All-That-Apply (SATA):** A nurse is implementing contact precautions for a client with
Clostridioides difficile. Which actions are correct? (Select all that apply.)
A) Place client in a private room.
B) Wear gown and gloves upon room entry.
C) Use alcohol-based hand rub for hand hygiene.
D) Dedicate equipment to the client.
E) Wash hands with soap and water after client care.
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Contact precautions: private room (A), gown/gloves (B), dedicated equipment (D),
soap/water for Cdiff (E). Alcohol does not kill Cdiff spores (C wrong).
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: A, B, D, E
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### Question 4 of 84
A nurse is caring for a client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a wound. Which
precaution should the nurse implement?
,A) Airborne precautions
B) Contact precautions
C) Droplet precautions
D) Protective environment
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: MRSA requires contact precautions (B). Private room, gown, gloves. Airborne for TB;
droplet for flu.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: B) Contact precautions
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### Question 5 of 84
A nurse is preparing to perform hand hygiene. Which situation requires washing with soap and water
rather than alcohol-based hand rub?
A) Before touching a client with an intact immune system
B) After removing gloves that are not visibly soiled
C) When hands are visibly soiled with blood or body fluids
D) Before preparing a sterile field
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Soap/water required for visible soil (C). Alcohol rub is acceptable for routine hand
hygiene without visible soil.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: C) When hands are visibly soiled with blood or body fluids
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### Question 6 of 84
, A nurse is caring for a client with seasonal influenza. Which type of precautions should the nurse
implement?
A) Contact precautions
B) Droplet precautions
C) Airborne precautions
D) Protective isolation
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Influenza requires droplet precautions (B): surgical mask within 3 feet, private room
or cohort.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: B) Droplet precautions
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### Question 7 of 84
**Select-All-That-Apply (SATA):** A nurse is reviewing transmission-based precautions. Which diseases
require airborne precautions? (Select all that apply.)
A) Measles (rubeola)
B) Varicella (chickenpox)
C) Tuberculosis
D) Mumps
E) Rubella
💫RATIONALE✔️✔️: Airborne: measles (A), varicella (B), TB (C), disseminated zoster. Mumps and rubella
are droplet.
💫ANSWER✔️✔️: A, B, C
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