Nursing 106: Quiz 15

Infectious agent

Bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa

For which airborne disease(s) would the nurse be required to use gloves, respiratory devices, and gown when in close contact with the client?

Chickenpox, pulmonary tuberculosis

Host

Client

Before the nurse washes the hands when leaving an isolation room, what is the last thing that is removed?

Mask

Exit and entry portal

Skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal tracts

The most effective way to break the chain of infection is by

practicing good hand hygiene.

The nurse has just admitted a client to rule out active hepatitis B. The client is confused, spitting and scratching everyone who enters the room. The nurse should

use gloves, mask, face shield, and gown when entering the room to perform the initial assessment.

Which of the following statements reflects the current trend in the directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for minimizing risks of infection?

Keep all drainage tubing below the level of the waist and/or site of insertion.

Health care professionals are required to report communicable/infectious diseases for all of the following reasons except

Identifying endemic disease.

Means of transmission

Person-to-person contact

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who is being admitted to the facility with a suspected diagnosis of pertussis. All of the following should be included in the plan of care except.

Use sterile gloves when handling soiled linen.

Which of the following signs and symptoms indicate a local infection?

Warmth of the area on palpation

What is the single most effective method by which the nurse can break the chain of infection?

Wash hands between procedures and clients.

Reservoir

Wound drainage, food, oxygen tubing

A gown should be worn when:

blood or body fluids may get on the nurse's clothing from a task the nurse plans to perform.

In infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, a reservoir for pathogens is the:

blood.

If an infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one person to another, it is a

communicable disease.

A client is isolated because the client has pulmonary tuberculosis. The nurse notes that the client seems angry but knows this is a normal response to isolation. The best intervention is to:

explain the isolation procedures and provide meaningful stimulation.