C HAPTER 07: A SEPSIS AND I NFECTION
C ONTROL
Cooper: Foundation of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A major threat to health care workers is blood -contaminated sharps. What
should the nurse use to discard the used syringe?
a. Wastebasket
b. Sink
c. Puncture-proof container
d. Disinfecting soap
ANS: C
All patient care areas where sharps are used require puncture -proof
containers.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 122 | p. 136
OBJ: 8 TOP: Sharps KEY: Nursing Process
Step: Implementation MSC: NC LEX: Safe, Effective
Care Environment
2. The nurse is transporting a patient in respiratory isolation to the radiology
department. What intervention should the nurse implement?
a. Cover the patient with a sheet.
b. Take the patient down the service elevator.
, c. Appl y a mask to the patient.
d. Call x-ray to come and get the patient.
ANS: C
If a patient requiring respiratory isolation must be transported to
another area, the patient must don a mask.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 133 | p. 135
OBJ: 5 | 8 TOP: Isolation KEY: Nursing Process
Step: Implementation MSC: NC LEX: Safe, Effective
Care Environment
3. The patient in isolation may experience psychological or emotional
deprivation. What should the nurse do to help minimize these feelings?
a. Be cheerful.
b. Spend extra time with the patient.
c. Protect the p atient from additional infection.
d. Answer the call light quickl y.
ANS: B
To minimize feelings of psychological or emotional deprivation, the
nurse should spend extra time with the patient.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 138 OBJ: 13
TOP: Isolation KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation MSC: NC LEX: Psychosocial Integrit y
, 4. The infection control officer is observing hospital staff for appropriate
use of aseptic technique. What observation demonstrates the need for more
instruction on surgi cal asepsis?
a. Facing the sterile field
b. Placing a sterile dressing on a sterile field
c. Touching the edges of the sterile field with sterile gloves
d. Keeping gloved hands above the waist
ANS: C
The edges of a sterile field are not considered sterile.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 143 OBJ: 1
TOP: Sterile technique KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Evaluation MSC: NC LEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment
5. The nurse is pouring a sterile solution from a bottle. What direction
should the label on the b ottle be in for appropriate technique?
a. Facing outward
b. Covered
c. Facing downward
d. In the palm of the hand
ANS: D
The bottle should be held with the label in the palm of the hand.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 147 OBJ: 11
| 12 TOP: Sterile t echnique KEY: Nursing Process Step:
C ONTROL
Cooper: Foundation of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A major threat to health care workers is blood -contaminated sharps. What
should the nurse use to discard the used syringe?
a. Wastebasket
b. Sink
c. Puncture-proof container
d. Disinfecting soap
ANS: C
All patient care areas where sharps are used require puncture -proof
containers.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 122 | p. 136
OBJ: 8 TOP: Sharps KEY: Nursing Process
Step: Implementation MSC: NC LEX: Safe, Effective
Care Environment
2. The nurse is transporting a patient in respiratory isolation to the radiology
department. What intervention should the nurse implement?
a. Cover the patient with a sheet.
b. Take the patient down the service elevator.
, c. Appl y a mask to the patient.
d. Call x-ray to come and get the patient.
ANS: C
If a patient requiring respiratory isolation must be transported to
another area, the patient must don a mask.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 133 | p. 135
OBJ: 5 | 8 TOP: Isolation KEY: Nursing Process
Step: Implementation MSC: NC LEX: Safe, Effective
Care Environment
3. The patient in isolation may experience psychological or emotional
deprivation. What should the nurse do to help minimize these feelings?
a. Be cheerful.
b. Spend extra time with the patient.
c. Protect the p atient from additional infection.
d. Answer the call light quickl y.
ANS: B
To minimize feelings of psychological or emotional deprivation, the
nurse should spend extra time with the patient.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 138 OBJ: 13
TOP: Isolation KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation MSC: NC LEX: Psychosocial Integrit y
, 4. The infection control officer is observing hospital staff for appropriate
use of aseptic technique. What observation demonstrates the need for more
instruction on surgi cal asepsis?
a. Facing the sterile field
b. Placing a sterile dressing on a sterile field
c. Touching the edges of the sterile field with sterile gloves
d. Keeping gloved hands above the waist
ANS: C
The edges of a sterile field are not considered sterile.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 143 OBJ: 1
TOP: Sterile technique KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Evaluation MSC: NC LEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment
5. The nurse is pouring a sterile solution from a bottle. What direction
should the label on the b ottle be in for appropriate technique?
a. Facing outward
b. Covered
c. Facing downward
d. In the palm of the hand
ANS: D
The bottle should be held with the label in the palm of the hand.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 147 OBJ: 11
| 12 TOP: Sterile t echnique KEY: Nursing Process Step:
