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HESI LPN/PN FUNDAMENTALS EXAM NEWEST
2024 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS!!!
The single most effective way to stop the spread of
infection - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Hand hygiene
Reducing the number of organisms in an environment
(ex. Cleaning the tub with disinfectant before giving a
bath) - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Medical asepsis
Breaks the chain of infection at its various links of
reservoir and the portal of exit (removes all organisms -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Sterilization
Standard Precautions are: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The
principle of infection control that considers every clients
blood and body fluid infections
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When should you wash your hands? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1. before and after touching a resident
2. after using the toilet
3. when arriving to work
4. before and after gloving
5. after touching contaminated items
6. after nose-blowing, sneezing or coughing
7. before and after eating
Why should you hold your hands lower than your
forearms while handwashing? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Water flows from the least contaminated to the most
contaminated
What breaks the chain of infection? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ handwashing
What is a hospital acquired infections called? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Nosocomial infections
Where are the phases of infection? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry, new host
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When is a patient most contagious? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Within the first 24 hours and 24 hours after
starting medication
Wear gown, gloves and educate the family when? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Caring for a contagious person
(ex. C-diff)
Standard Precautions are: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Group of safety measures performed to prevent the
transmission of pathogens found in the blood and body
fluids (ex. Performing hand hygiene, wearing
appropriate PPE if exposure is possible & using cough
etiquette)
isolation precautions are: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Placing
an infectious patient in a private room with a private
toilet and equipment breaks the chain of infection the
portal exit
Droplet precautions - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Use when in
close contact with respiratory or mucous membrane
secretions
HESI LPN/PN FUNDAMENTALS EXAM NEWEST
2024 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS!!!
The single most effective way to stop the spread of
infection - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Hand hygiene
Reducing the number of organisms in an environment
(ex. Cleaning the tub with disinfectant before giving a
bath) - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Medical asepsis
Breaks the chain of infection at its various links of
reservoir and the portal of exit (removes all organisms -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Sterilization
Standard Precautions are: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The
principle of infection control that considers every clients
blood and body fluid infections
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When should you wash your hands? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1. before and after touching a resident
2. after using the toilet
3. when arriving to work
4. before and after gloving
5. after touching contaminated items
6. after nose-blowing, sneezing or coughing
7. before and after eating
Why should you hold your hands lower than your
forearms while handwashing? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Water flows from the least contaminated to the most
contaminated
What breaks the chain of infection? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ handwashing
What is a hospital acquired infections called? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Nosocomial infections
Where are the phases of infection? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry, new host
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When is a patient most contagious? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Within the first 24 hours and 24 hours after
starting medication
Wear gown, gloves and educate the family when? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Caring for a contagious person
(ex. C-diff)
Standard Precautions are: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Group of safety measures performed to prevent the
transmission of pathogens found in the blood and body
fluids (ex. Performing hand hygiene, wearing
appropriate PPE if exposure is possible & using cough
etiquette)
isolation precautions are: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Placing
an infectious patient in a private room with a private
toilet and equipment breaks the chain of infection the
portal exit
Droplet precautions - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Use when in
close contact with respiratory or mucous membrane
secretions
