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A client is eight weeks pregnant. The client asks why she is at risk for foodborne illness. How should the nurse
reply? ANS "Your immune system is different during pregnancy."
Using purified water to pack vegetables in a can is an intervention that can prevent contamination at which step from
farm to table? ANS Processing
A client was just diagnosed with salmonella food poisoning. The nurse knows that this was caused by which of the
following foods? ANS Raw sprouts
Using the image below, identify who is a high risk for a foodborne illness. ANS 1. Not High Risk
2. Not High Risk
3. High Risk
4. Not High Risk
5. High Risk
6. Not High Risk
A 21-year-old has been diagnosed with food poisoning from escherichia coli. Which of the following actions would
be the likely cause of the illness? ANS Tasted cookie dough before it was baked
Three people have a documented Salmonella poisoning from eating sprouts. Place the information collected under
the correct type of data. ANS Epidemiologic Data: Mapping time periods when people got sick; charting
geographic locations of illnesses.
Traceback Data: Identifying food safety risks at a production plant; Identifying common restaurants where sick
people ate.
Food and Environmental Testing Data: Comparing organism causing illness with organisms found in client's food;
stool culture to determine organism causing illness.
Andrea is attending a picnic family gathering. The host has a wide variety of food out for guests to graze on for the
day. It is 85 degrees out. Which foods may not be safe for Andrea to consume? (SATA) ANS A plate of sushi
A pasta salad with mayonnaise dressing