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Nurs-1512 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers |100% Pass The nurse understands that the priority nursing action needed when medical asepsis is used includes: a. handwashing. b. surgical procedures. c. autoclaving of instruments. d. sterilization of equipment. - Answer-a. handwashing. Handw...

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Nurs-1512 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers |100% Pass

The nurse understands that the priority nursing action needed when medical asepsis is used includes:


a. handwashing.


b. surgical procedures.


c. autoclaving of instruments.


d. sterilization of equipment. - Answer✔✔-a. handwashing.


Handwashing with soap and water is:


a. the most effective way to reduce the number of bacteria on the nurse's hands.


b. more effective than alcohol-based products for washing hands.


c. necessary for hand hygiene if hands are visibly soiled.


d. not necessary if the nurse wears artificial nails. - Answer✔✔-c. necessary for hand hygiene if hands

are visibly soiled.


When caring for patients, the nurse understands that the single most important technique to prevent

and control the transmission of infection is:


a. hand hygiene.


b. the use of disposable gloves.



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c. the use of isolation precautions.


d. sterilization of equipment. - Answer✔✔-a. hand hygiene.


Which of the following measures is appropriate when a nurse is washing his or her hands?


a. Use very hot water.


b. Leave rings and watches in place.


c. Lather for at least 15 to 20 seconds.


d. Keep the fingers and hands up and the elbows down. - Answer✔✔-c. lather for at least 15 to 20

seconds


The nurse shows an understanding of the psychological implications for a patient on isolation when

planning care to control the risk for:


a. denial.


b. aggression.


c. regression.


d. isolation.


e. depression. - Answer✔✔-d. isolation.


An appropriate technique for the nurse to implement for the patient on isolation precautions is to:


a. double-bag all disposable items and linens.


b. put another gown over the one worn if it has become wet.



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c. place specimen containers in plastic bags for transport.


d. hand items to be reused directly to a nurse standing outside the room. - Answer✔✔-c. place specimen

containers in plastic bags for transport.


Before entering the room of a patient on isolation where all protective barriers are required, the nurse

first puts on the:


a. gown.


b. gloves.


c. eyewear.


d. mask/respirator. - Answer✔✔-a. gown.


The patient is presenting to the hospital with a high fever and a productive cough. He says that he hasn't

felt right since he returned from visiting Somalia about a month before admission. He also states that he

has lost about 20 pounds in the last month and frequently wakes up in the middle of the night sweaty

and "clammy." What should the nurse prepare to do?


a. Place the patient on contact isolation.


b. Place the patient in a negative-pressure room.


c. Place the patient on droplet precautions.


d. Use standard precautions only. - Answer✔✔-b. Place the patient in a negative-pressure room.


For patients with which of the following conditions should the nurse implement airborne precautions?


a. Rubella


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b. Influenza


c. Tuberculosis


d. Pediculosis - Answer✔✔-c. tuberculosis


The patient is admitted to the pediatric unit with severe pertussis. The nurse explains to the parents and

the child that the patient will be treated with the use of:


a. airborne precautions.


b. standard precautions only.


c. droplet precautions.


d. contact isolation. - Answer✔✔-c. droplet precautions.


Droplet precautions will be instituted for the patient admitted to the infectious disease unit with:


a. streptococcal pharyngitis.


b. herpes simplex.


c. pulmonary TB.


d. measles. - Answer✔✔-a. streptococcal pharyngitis.


The patient has been hospitalized for several days and has received multiple intravenous antibiotic

medications. This morning, the patient had three episodes of severe, foul-smelling diarrhea. The nurse

should institute:


a. contact precautions.




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