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NUR 158 Exam II Study Guide Questions
with Correct Detailed Answers 2025
When cleaning contaminated equipment:
A) Wear personal protective equipment (PPE)
B) Rinse in hot water first
C) Use the clean utility room
D) Remove any organic materials with a paper towel -Answer- ✔A) Wear PPE
Reusable items are disinfected with:
A) Soap and water
B) An autoclave
C) Chemical disinfectants
D) High temperatures -Answer- ✔C) Chemical disinfectants
A good, cheap disinfectant to use in the home is:
A) Chlorine bleach
B) Ammonia
C) White vinegar solution
D) Soap and water -Answer- ✔C) White vinegar solution
If you use boiling water to sterilize items in the home, you should:
A) Pour water over the items in the sink
B) Boil the items for 5 to 15 minutes
C) Boil the items for 30 to 45 minutes
D) Place the items in the water, bring the water to a boil, and turn it off -Answer- ✔B)
Boil the items for 5 to 15 minutes
Isolation precautions are used for:
A) All persons
B) Any person who has had surgery
C) All older persons
D) As a method to prevent spreading communicable diseases -Answer- ✔D) As a
method to prevent spreading communicable diseases
When a person is in isolation, you can help the person by:
A) Restricting all visitors
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B) Keeping the door open so the person can see into the hallway
C) Saying "hello" from the doorway often
D) Avoiding going into the room -Answer- ✔C) Saying "hello" from the doorway often
Standard precautions are used:
A) For a person with a respiratory infection
B) For a person with a wound infection
C) For a person with tuberculosis
D) For all persons when care is given -Answer- ✔D) For all persons when care is given
Gloves worn in standard precautions:
A) Do not need to be changed when performing several tasks for the same person
B) Can be worn until they tear or are punctured
C) Must be removed before going to another person
D) Only are worn if the person has an infection -Answer- ✔C) Must be removed before
going to another person
When you are working in a room with isolation precautions, you use paper towels to:
A) Handle contaminated items
B) Turn faucets on and off
C) Open the door to a person's room
D) All of the above -Answer- ✔D) All of the above
Practice hand hygiene:
A) After removing gloves
B) Only when you leave and isolation area
C) Only when moving between residents
D) Only is gloves were not worn -Answer- ✔A) After removing gloves
If you are allergic to latex gloves, you should:
A) Wash your hands each time you remove the gloves
B) Make sure the gloves have powder inside
C) Wear latex-free gloves
D) Never wear any gloves -Answer- ✔C) Wear latex-free gloves
When you wear a gown for isolation precautions, the contaminated areas are:
A) The ties at the neck and waist
B) The gown front and sleeves
C) The gown back and sleeves
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D) Only the areas that touch the patient -Answer- ✔B) The gown front and sleeves
When you remove gown and gloves worn for isolation precautions, what step is done
first?
A) Untie the neck and waist strings
B) Remove and discard your gloves
C) Turn the gown inside out as it is removed
D) Pull the gown down from each shoulder toward the same hand -Answer- ✔B)
Remove and discard your gloves
A gown is worn when entering a room:
A) Isolated for airborne precautions
B) Isolated for droplet precautions
C) Isolated for standard precautions
D) Depending on what tasks, procedures, and care measures you will do -Answer- ✔D)
Depending on what tasks, procedures, and care measures you will do.
Which of these statements about wearing gloves is TRUE?
A) The inside of the glove is contaminated
B) Slightly used gloves can be saved and reused
C) You may need more than one pair of gloves for a task
D) Gloves are easier to put on when your hands are damp. -Answer- ✔C) You may
need more than one pair of gloves for a task.
When removing gloves:
A) Make sure that glove only touches glove
B) Pull the gloves off by the fingers
C) Reach inside the glove with the gloved hand to pull it off
D) Hold the discarded gloves tightly in your ungloved hand -Answer- ✔A) Make sure
that glove only touches glove
When removing a mask, only the ties or elastic bands are touched because:
A) The front of the mask mask is contaminated
B) The front of the mask is sterile
C) Your gloves are contaminated
D) Your hands are contaminated -Answer- ✔A) The front of the mask is contaminated
When doning a gown, which one of these things is done FIRST?
A) Tie the strings at the back of the neck
B) Tie the waist strings at the back
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C) Put on gloves
D) It doesn't matter -Answer- ✔A) Tie the strings at the back of the neck
When removing protective apparel, which of these are done FIRST?
A) Remove the face mask
B) Remove and discard the gloves
C) Remove the gown
D) Untie the waist strings of the gown -Answer- ✔B) Remove and discard the gloves
If you wear reusable eyewear and it is contaminated:
A) It should be discarded
B) It should be autoclaved
C) Wash it with soap and water and then disinfectant
D) Rinse it in cool running water -Answer- ✔C) Wash it with soap and water and then
disinfectant
How are contaminated items identified when sent to the laundry or trash collection?
A) Bags are transparent so materials are visible
B) Labeled as "contaminated"
C) Always are double-bagged
D) Labeled with BIOHAZARD symbol -Answer- ✔D) Labeled with BIOHAZARD symbol
How are specimens collected in a contaminated room handled?
A) Place specimen in a BIOHAZARD specimen bag
B) It depends on center policy
C) Testing must be done in the room
D) Special containers are needed -Answer- ✔A) Place specimen in a BIOHAZARD
specimen bag.
If a resident in isolation precautions must be transported to another area, all of these
would be done EXCEPT:
A) The person wears a mask as required by the Transmission-Based Precautions used
B) The staff wears gown, mask, and gloves as required
C) The staff in the receiving area is alerted so they can wear protective equipment as
needed
D) The wheelchair or stretcher is disinfected after use -Answer- ✔B) The staff wears
gown, mask, and gloves as required.
When a child is in isolation, it may be helpful if:
A) Favorite toys or blankets are brought from home
NUR 158
NUR 158 Exam II Study Guide Questions
with Correct Detailed Answers 2025
When cleaning contaminated equipment:
A) Wear personal protective equipment (PPE)
B) Rinse in hot water first
C) Use the clean utility room
D) Remove any organic materials with a paper towel -Answer- ✔A) Wear PPE
Reusable items are disinfected with:
A) Soap and water
B) An autoclave
C) Chemical disinfectants
D) High temperatures -Answer- ✔C) Chemical disinfectants
A good, cheap disinfectant to use in the home is:
A) Chlorine bleach
B) Ammonia
C) White vinegar solution
D) Soap and water -Answer- ✔C) White vinegar solution
If you use boiling water to sterilize items in the home, you should:
A) Pour water over the items in the sink
B) Boil the items for 5 to 15 minutes
C) Boil the items for 30 to 45 minutes
D) Place the items in the water, bring the water to a boil, and turn it off -Answer- ✔B)
Boil the items for 5 to 15 minutes
Isolation precautions are used for:
A) All persons
B) Any person who has had surgery
C) All older persons
D) As a method to prevent spreading communicable diseases -Answer- ✔D) As a
method to prevent spreading communicable diseases
When a person is in isolation, you can help the person by:
A) Restricting all visitors
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B) Keeping the door open so the person can see into the hallway
C) Saying "hello" from the doorway often
D) Avoiding going into the room -Answer- ✔C) Saying "hello" from the doorway often
Standard precautions are used:
A) For a person with a respiratory infection
B) For a person with a wound infection
C) For a person with tuberculosis
D) For all persons when care is given -Answer- ✔D) For all persons when care is given
Gloves worn in standard precautions:
A) Do not need to be changed when performing several tasks for the same person
B) Can be worn until they tear or are punctured
C) Must be removed before going to another person
D) Only are worn if the person has an infection -Answer- ✔C) Must be removed before
going to another person
When you are working in a room with isolation precautions, you use paper towels to:
A) Handle contaminated items
B) Turn faucets on and off
C) Open the door to a person's room
D) All of the above -Answer- ✔D) All of the above
Practice hand hygiene:
A) After removing gloves
B) Only when you leave and isolation area
C) Only when moving between residents
D) Only is gloves were not worn -Answer- ✔A) After removing gloves
If you are allergic to latex gloves, you should:
A) Wash your hands each time you remove the gloves
B) Make sure the gloves have powder inside
C) Wear latex-free gloves
D) Never wear any gloves -Answer- ✔C) Wear latex-free gloves
When you wear a gown for isolation precautions, the contaminated areas are:
A) The ties at the neck and waist
B) The gown front and sleeves
C) The gown back and sleeves
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D) Only the areas that touch the patient -Answer- ✔B) The gown front and sleeves
When you remove gown and gloves worn for isolation precautions, what step is done
first?
A) Untie the neck and waist strings
B) Remove and discard your gloves
C) Turn the gown inside out as it is removed
D) Pull the gown down from each shoulder toward the same hand -Answer- ✔B)
Remove and discard your gloves
A gown is worn when entering a room:
A) Isolated for airborne precautions
B) Isolated for droplet precautions
C) Isolated for standard precautions
D) Depending on what tasks, procedures, and care measures you will do -Answer- ✔D)
Depending on what tasks, procedures, and care measures you will do.
Which of these statements about wearing gloves is TRUE?
A) The inside of the glove is contaminated
B) Slightly used gloves can be saved and reused
C) You may need more than one pair of gloves for a task
D) Gloves are easier to put on when your hands are damp. -Answer- ✔C) You may
need more than one pair of gloves for a task.
When removing gloves:
A) Make sure that glove only touches glove
B) Pull the gloves off by the fingers
C) Reach inside the glove with the gloved hand to pull it off
D) Hold the discarded gloves tightly in your ungloved hand -Answer- ✔A) Make sure
that glove only touches glove
When removing a mask, only the ties or elastic bands are touched because:
A) The front of the mask mask is contaminated
B) The front of the mask is sterile
C) Your gloves are contaminated
D) Your hands are contaminated -Answer- ✔A) The front of the mask is contaminated
When doning a gown, which one of these things is done FIRST?
A) Tie the strings at the back of the neck
B) Tie the waist strings at the back
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C) Put on gloves
D) It doesn't matter -Answer- ✔A) Tie the strings at the back of the neck
When removing protective apparel, which of these are done FIRST?
A) Remove the face mask
B) Remove and discard the gloves
C) Remove the gown
D) Untie the waist strings of the gown -Answer- ✔B) Remove and discard the gloves
If you wear reusable eyewear and it is contaminated:
A) It should be discarded
B) It should be autoclaved
C) Wash it with soap and water and then disinfectant
D) Rinse it in cool running water -Answer- ✔C) Wash it with soap and water and then
disinfectant
How are contaminated items identified when sent to the laundry or trash collection?
A) Bags are transparent so materials are visible
B) Labeled as "contaminated"
C) Always are double-bagged
D) Labeled with BIOHAZARD symbol -Answer- ✔D) Labeled with BIOHAZARD symbol
How are specimens collected in a contaminated room handled?
A) Place specimen in a BIOHAZARD specimen bag
B) It depends on center policy
C) Testing must be done in the room
D) Special containers are needed -Answer- ✔A) Place specimen in a BIOHAZARD
specimen bag.
If a resident in isolation precautions must be transported to another area, all of these
would be done EXCEPT:
A) The person wears a mask as required by the Transmission-Based Precautions used
B) The staff wears gown, mask, and gloves as required
C) The staff in the receiving area is alerted so they can wear protective equipment as
needed
D) The wheelchair or stretcher is disinfected after use -Answer- ✔B) The staff wears
gown, mask, and gloves as required.
When a child is in isolation, it may be helpful if:
A) Favorite toys or blankets are brought from home
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