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Adding Items To a Sterile Field
A patient requires all of the following interventions. Which one would the nurse perform
last?
A. Change the dressing on the patient's newly established suprapubic catheter.
B. Administer the patient's prescribed medication.
C. Offer the patient a bedpan.
D. Position the patient for maximum comfort and ease of breathing. - ANS-Change the
dressing on the patient's newly established suprapubic catheter.
The nurse is placing supplies on a sterile field that is being prepared for a dressing
change. Which action is likely to contaminate the field?
A. Placing a role of sterile tape on the field
B. Holding a prepackaged sterile item in the non-dominant hand while opening it
C. Adding supplies that will expire in 2 days
D. Placing the needed supplies near the back of the sterile field - ANS-Placing the
needed supplies near the back of the sterile field
Which action would minimize the risk of infection when placing prepackaged supplies on
an established sterile field?
A. Wear clean treatment gloves.
B. Collect supplies with sterile gloves to avoid contamination.
C. Do not allow the wrapper to touch the sterile field.
D. Place the supplies in the 1-inch perimeter of the sterile field. - ANS-Do not allow the
wrapper to touch the sterile field.
Which direction to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) would help to maintain a sterile
field while conducting a sterile procedure?
A. "Please see to it that nothing contaminates this sterile field while I get some
additional supplies."
B. "I'd like you to make sure that the patient doesn't reach toward the sterile field while
I'm changing the dressing."
C. "Hand me the item closest to the edge of the sterile field."
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