ATI Infection Quiz

A nurse is caring for a client who has shingles with multiple skin lesions. Which of the following actions by the nurse requires intervention by the nurse's supervisor?

The nurse admits another client who has shingles to the client's double room.

A nurse is caring for a client who has methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in an abdominal wound. The nurse enters the room to check the client's pulse. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Wear clean gloves.

A nurse is admitting a client who has active tuberculosis to a room on a medical-surgical unit. Which of the following room assignments should the nurse make for the client?

A room with air exhaust directly to the outdoor environment

A nurse is preparing a client's evening dose of risperidone when the tablet falls on the countertop. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Discard the tablet and obtain another dose of medication.

A nurse is removing personal protective equipment (PPE) after giving direct care to a client who requires isolation. Which of the following PPE items should the nurse remove first?

Gloves

A nurse is adhering to standard precautions while caring for a group of clients. For which of the following tasks should the nurse wear protective eye equipment? (Select all that apply.)

Irrigating a client's abdominal wound Suctioning a client's new tracheostomy tube

A nurse is caring for a client who requires isolation for active pulmonary tuberculosis. Which of the following precautions should the nurse include when creating a sign to post outside of the client's room? (Select all that apply.)

Mask, closed door, throw away sharps, wash hands

A nurse is caring for a client who has had an allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant. Which of the following infection-control precautions should the nurse use while caring for this client?

Protective

A nurse is caring for a group of clients in an infectious disease unit. The nurse should wear an OSHA-approved N95 respirator mask when caring for a client with which of the following infectious diseases?

Tuberculosis

A charge nurse is teaching a group of health care workers about hand hygiene to prevent infection. Which of the following information should the charge nurse include in the teaching?

Use chlorhexidine to wash hands if the client is immunosuppressed.