Infection Control and Isolation
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about surgical asepsis. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
"Remove nail polish on your fingernails if it is chipped."
A nurse is wearing gloves while caring for a client. In which of the following situations should the nurse obtain a new pair of gloves?
After changing a dressing on the client and before documenting findings on a computer
A nurse is assisting in providing an in-service about infectious agents to a group of nurses. The nurse should include in the teaching that tuberculosis is transmitted by which of the following modes of transmission?
Airborne
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about hand hygiene for surgical asepsis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
Apply chlorhexidine and ethanol to the hands.
A nurse is assisting with teaching a group of nurses on processes that can trigger an inflammatory response in the body. The nurse should include that which of the following is an infectious trigger?
Bacteria
A nurse is caring for a client who states, "I am feeling so much better. My fever is gone, and I have a good appetite." The nurse should identify the client is likely in which of the following stages of infection?
Convalescence
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about infectious agents. The nurse should include in the teaching that pertussis is transmitted by which of the following modes of transmission?
Droplet
A nurse is caring for a client who has influenza. The client asks how they acquired the infectious agent. The nurse should inform the client that influenza is transmitted by which of the following modes?
Droplet
A nurse is planning to admit a client who has respiratory syncytial virus. Which of the following precautions should the nurse plan to implement?
Droplet
A nurse is setting up a sterile field to perform a dressing change on a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Open the first flap on the sterile package away from their body.
A nurse is caring for a client who is on contact precautions. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Place the client in a private room.
A nurse is caring for a client who acquired an infection after touching a faucet that an infected person had touched. Which of the following links in the chain of infection does the faucet represent?
Reservoir
A nurse is caring for a client who has acquired an infection from a visitor. The client is an example of which of the following links in the chain of infection?
Susceptible host
A nurse is performing a throat culture on a client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Swab the back of the client's pharyngeal wall.
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIR). Which of the following information should the nurse include?
The door to the AIIR should remain closed.
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about infection control. The nurse should include in the teaching that which of the following types of precautions requires the use of an N95 mask?
Airborne
A nurse is performing hand hygiene after caring for a client who has Clostridium difficile. Which of the following hand hygiene methods should the nurse use?
Soap and water
A nurse is assisting with implementing an infection control bundle for clients at risk for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the bundle?
Try to use alternatives before inserting indwelling urinary catheters.
A nurse is supervising a newly licensed nurse perform hand hygiene. Which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the procedure?
Turns off the faucet with a towel
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about laboratory tests that can indicate generalized inflammation. The nurse should include which of the following laboratory tests?
C-reactive protein
A nurse is admitting a client who has vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) of the urine. The nurse should place the client on which of the following precautions?
Contact
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about removing personal protective equipment (PPE). Which of the following items should the nurse instruct to remove first?
Gloves
A nurse is assisting with teaching about personal protective equipment with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
Gloves should be removed from the inside out.
A nurse in a clinic is caring for a client who reports generalized aches and fever for the past 12 hr. The nurse suspects the client has acquired an infection. Which of the following stages of infection is the client likely experiencing?
Prodromal
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about needlestick injuries. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
Report needlestick injuries to the nursing supervisor.
