Review Questions 33
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What is the single most effective method of breaking the chain of infection by the nurse?
A. Hand washing between procedures and clients
B. Giving all clients antibiotics
C. Wearing gloves for all clients
D. Making sure housekeep - A
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Which of the following statements reflects the current trend of directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for minimizing risks of infection?
A. Recap syringes or break needles off before discarding into sharps container. - D
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The nurse has just admitted a client to rule out active hepatitis B. The client is confused, spitting, and scratching everyone who enters the room. The nurse should:
A. Use gloves, mask, face shield, and gown when entering the room to do the initi - A
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Which airborne disease would require the nurse to use gloves, respiratory devices, and gown when in close contact with the client?
A. Viral pneumonia, atelectasis
B. Herpes simplex, scabies
C. Chickenpox, pulmonary tuberculosis
D - C
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Before the nurse washes hands when leaving an isolation room, what is the last thing that is removed?
A. Head cover
B. Goggles
C. Mask
D. Gown - B
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Which statement is correct when the nurse is setting up a sterile field for the physician?
A. One should consider 1 inch around the border to be the barrier between the sterile field and under the table.
B. A liquid spill on the sterile fiel - A
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When transferring a sterile item to a sterile field, the nurse should:
A. Open the outer package and use a sterile glove to pick it up and drop it on the sterile field in the middle of the drape
B. Open the package by peeling back the cover - B
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Which statement in contrasting a surgical scrub from a regular hand washing session is correct?
A. A surgical scrub lasts the same length of time as hand washing between clients.
B. The hands are held in the same position after the scrub to - D
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What part of a sterile glove is considered contaminated once applied by the open gloving method?
A. The outer cuff of each glove
B. The back of the gloved hands
C. The outer part of the glove that touched the inner wrapper
D. Any - A
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To remove a glove that is contaminated, what should the nurse do first?
A. Grasp the outside of the cuff or palm of the glove and pull it away from the hand without touching the wrist or fingers.
B. Put the thumb inside the wrist to slide th - A
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If the infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a:
1. communicable disease
2. portal of entry to a host
3. portal of exit from the resevoir
4. susceptible host - 1. communicable host
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Infectious diseases such as hepatitis B or C become a reservoir for pathogens in:
1. the urinary tract
2. the reproductive tract
3. blood
4. the respiratory tract - 3. blood
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The interval when a client manifests signs and symptoms specific to a type of infection is the
1, incubation period
2, convalescence
3, prodromal stage
4, illness stage - 4 illness stage
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The most effective way to break the chain of infection is by:
1. wearing gloves
2. hand hygiene
3. placing clients in isolation
4. providing private rooms for clients - 2. hand hygiene
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After coming in to contact with infected clients, and after handling contaminated equipment or organic material, visitors are encouraged to:
1. perform hand hygiene before eating or handling food
2. leave the facility to prevent contamination o - 1. perform hand hygiene before eating or handling food
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A client is isolated for pulmonary TB. The nurse notes the client seems angry, but he knows this is a normal response to isolation. The best intervention is to:
1. provide a dark quiet room to calm the client
2. explain the isolation procedures - 2. explain the isolation procedures and provide meaningful stimulation
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A gown should be worn when:
1. the clients hygiene is poor
2. The client has AIDS or hepatitis
3. The nurse is assissting with medication administration
4. Blood or body fluids get on the nurses clothing from a task the nurse plans to - 4. Blood or body fluids get on the nurses clothing from a task the nurse plans to perform
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A nurse has redressed a clients wound and now plans to administer a medication to the client. it is important to:
1. Remove gloves and perform hand hygiene before leaving the room
2. remove gloves and perform hand hygiene before administering - 2. remove gloves and perform hand hygiene before administering the medication
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When a nurse is performing a surgical hand hygiene, he must keep hands
1. above elbows
2. below elbows
3. at a 45 degree angle
4. in a comfortable position - 3. at a 45 degree angle
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To sterilize surgical instruments, parenteral solutions and surgical dressings
1. soap and water is used
2. chemicals are used for disinfection
3. an autoclave is used
4. ethylene oxide gas is used - 1. soap and water are used