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1. 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: Healthcare workers
Artificial fingernails
Vital sign equipment
2. 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: Previous use of antibiotics
Advanced age
Chronic illness
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3. 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: Importance of washing hands
Regular physical activity
Getting an annual influenza immunization
Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night
4. 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: Disinfect the pole
and begin using it.
5. A client is admitted to the hospital with bloody sputum and
night sweats, signs of tuberculosis. Which precautions must the
nurse institute immediately?
- Droplet
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- Airborne
- Contact
- Protective: Airborne
6. 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: Local
Secondary
Healthcare-related
7. 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.: Apply respirator mask and
gloves, then place the tray on the client's nightstand.
8. In which situation would standard precautions be adequate?
Select all that apply.
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-While talking with a client with a moist, productive cough
-While assisting a client with oral care
-While ambulating a client after a procedure
-While inserting an intravenous catheter
-When changing a dressing for a client with MRSA: While assisting a
client with oral care
While ambulating a client after a procedure
While inserting an intravenous catheter
9. The nurse notices a blood pressure cuff in the client's room
with spots of dried blood on it. What should be the nurse next
action?
- Clean it with a wet rag.
- Disinfect it with a chemical cleaner.
- Sterilize it with an autoclave.
- Report it to the charge nurse: Disinfect it with a chemical cleaner.
10. A client with dementia becomes belligerent and combative
when the nurse attempts to give him a tub bath. How should the
nurse proceed?
- Call for assistance to help the patient into the bathtub.
-Wait for the patient to calm down, then give him a towel bath.
- Allow the patient to go without bathing for a day or two.
- Ask another staff member to attempt the tub bath.: Wait for
the patient to calm down, then give him a towel bath.