FINAL EXAM COMMUNICABLE DISEASES QUIZ QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A client has low grade fever, general malaise, and complains of aches and pains. The nurse interprets
that this client is in which of the following phases of acute infection?
A) incubation period
B) prodromal phase
C) clinical illness
D) convalescence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
A nurse who uses meticulous sterile technique when performing wound care procedures is attempting
to control which of the following links in the chain of infection?
A) portal of exit
B) portal of entry
C) reservoir
D) characteristics of the organism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
A nurse who serves on an infection-control committee is assessing the adequacy of environmental
controls against infection. This nurse would examine which of the following as the first line of defense in
medical asepsis?
A. isolation or barrier procedures
, B. handwashing techniques
C. nature of detergent used on unit
D. ventilation system type - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
A nurse is providing teaching to a client with a communicable infection transmitted by droplet. The
nurse tells the client to do which of the following?
A) Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing.
B) Direct contact with any persons is prohibited while in the hospital.
C) Stay away from areas known to have high numbers of insects.
D) Wear a mask and gloves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: A
The nurse assesses an intravenous insertion site for inflammation. The nurse would chart that the site
was indeed inflamed after noting which of the following?
A. pallor or cyanotic
B. redness and/or swelling
C. dehydration with poor skin turgor
D. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
The nurse would expect to receive an order for antibiotic therapy for a client after the results of which
of the following tests are reported?
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A client has low grade fever, general malaise, and complains of aches and pains. The nurse interprets
that this client is in which of the following phases of acute infection?
A) incubation period
B) prodromal phase
C) clinical illness
D) convalescence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
A nurse who uses meticulous sterile technique when performing wound care procedures is attempting
to control which of the following links in the chain of infection?
A) portal of exit
B) portal of entry
C) reservoir
D) characteristics of the organism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
A nurse who serves on an infection-control committee is assessing the adequacy of environmental
controls against infection. This nurse would examine which of the following as the first line of defense in
medical asepsis?
A. isolation or barrier procedures
, B. handwashing techniques
C. nature of detergent used on unit
D. ventilation system type - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
A nurse is providing teaching to a client with a communicable infection transmitted by droplet. The
nurse tells the client to do which of the following?
A) Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing.
B) Direct contact with any persons is prohibited while in the hospital.
C) Stay away from areas known to have high numbers of insects.
D) Wear a mask and gloves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: A
The nurse assesses an intravenous insertion site for inflammation. The nurse would chart that the site
was indeed inflamed after noting which of the following?
A. pallor or cyanotic
B. redness and/or swelling
C. dehydration with poor skin turgor
D. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct Answer: B
The nurse would expect to receive an order for antibiotic therapy for a client after the results of which
of the following tests are reported?
