CDC Infection Preventionist Post Test |Latest Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales Latest 2025

CDC Infection Preventionist Post Test |Latest Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales Latest 2025. 1. The nurse and a new nurse in orientation are caring for a patient with pneumonia. Which statement by the new nurse will indicate a correct understanding of this condition? a. ―An infectious disease like pneumonia may not pose a risk to others.‖ b. ―We need to isolate the patient in a private negative-pressure room.‖ c. ―Clinical signs and symptoms are not present in pneumonia.‖ d. ―The patient will not be able to return home.‖ ANS: A Infections are infectious and/or communicable. Infectious diseases may not pose a risk for transmission to others, although they are serious for the patient. Pneumonia is not a communicable disease—a disease that is transmitted directly from one individual to the next, so there is no need for isolation. A private negative–air pressure room is used for tuberculosis, not pneumonia. Clinical signs and symptoms are present in pneumonia. Frequently, patients with pneumonia do return home unless there are extenuating circumstances. DIF:Analyze (analysis)