NCLEX Questions Chapter 23: Asepsis & Infection Control
Exam Study Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
A nurse is following the principles of medical asepsis when performing patient care in a hospital
setting. Which nursing action performed by the nurse follows these recommended guidelines?
A. The nurse carries the patients' soiled bed linens close to the body to prevent spreading
microorganisms into the air.
B. The nurse places soiled bed linens and hospital gowns on the floor when making the bed.
C. The nurse moves the patient table away from the nurse's body when wiping it off after a meal.
D. The nurse cleans the most soiled items in the patient's bathroom first and follows with the
cleaner items. - ✔️✔️C. The nurse moves the patient table away from the nurse's body when
wiping it off after a meal.
A school nurse is performing an assessment of a student who states: "I'm too tired to keep my
head up in class." The student has a low-grade fever. The nurse would interpret these findings as
indicating which stage of infection?
A. Incubation period
B. Prodromal stage
C. Full stage of illness
D. Convalescent period - ✔️✔️B. Prodromal
A nurse is caring for patients in an isolation ward. In which situations would the nurse
appropriately use an alcohol-based handrub to decontaminate the hands? Select all that apply.
A. The nurse is providing a bed bath for a patient.
B. The nurse has visibly soiled hands after changing the bedding of a patient.
C. The nurse removes gloves when patient care is completed.
D. The nurse is inserting a urinary catheter for a female patient.
E. The nurse is assisting with a surgical placement of a cardiac stent.
F. The nurse removes old magazines from a patient's table. - ✔️✔️A. The nurse is providing a bed
bath for a patient.
F. The nurse removes old magazines from a patient's table.
D. The nurse is inserting a urinary catheter for a female patient
C. The nurse removes gloves when patient care is completed
A nurse is performing hand hygiene after providing patient care. The nurse's hands are not
visibly soiled. Which steps in this procedure are performed correctly? Select all that apply.
A. The nurse removes all jewelry including a platinum wedding band.
B. The nurse washes hands to one inch above the wrists.
C. The nurse uses approximately two teaspoons of liquid soap.
D. The nurse keeps hands higher than elbows when placing under faucet.
E. The nurse uses friction motion when washing for at least 15 seconds.
F. The nurse rinses thoroughly with water flowing toward fingertips. - ✔️✔️all except D (keeping
hands higher than elbows under faucet; dirty water would run down your arms)
and A
The nurse has opened the sterile supplies and put on two sterile gloves to complete a sterile
dressing change, a procedure that requires surgical asepsis. The nurse must:
A. Keep splashes on the sterile field to a minimum.
B. Cover the nose and mouth with gloved hands if a sneeze is imminent.
C. Use forceps soaked in a disinfectant.
D. Consider the outer 1 inch of the sterile field as contaminated. - ✔️✔️D. Consider the outer 1
inch of the sterile fielda s contaminated
The nurse caring for patients in a hospital setting institutes CDC standard precaution
recommendations for which category of patients?
A. Only patients with diagnosed infections
B. Only patients with visible blood, body fluids, or sweat
C. Only patients with nonintact skin
D. All patients receiving care in hospitals - ✔️✔️D. all patients receiving care in hospitals
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