Fundamentals - Chapter 23 Practice Quiz
The nurse is discussing antiviral medication with a client diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Which client statement indicates a need for further teaching?
"The antiviral medication will cure the virus from my body."
A nurse is caring for a client with ringworm. Which microorganism causes ringworm in a client?
Fungi
Nurses and other health care workers play a key role in reducing the spread of disease, minimizing complications, and reducing adverse outcomes for their clients. Which statement accurately describes this process? Select all that apply.
Nurses practice asepsis, which includes all activities to prevent infection. Nurses use medical asepsis, which involves procedures and practices that reduce the number and transfer of microorganisms. Nurses perform surgical asepsis, which includes practices used to render and keep objects and areas free from microorganisms. Nurses use standard precautions and transmission-based precautions as an important part of preventing infection.
The nurse is caring for a client who has active tuberculosis (TB) and is in Airborne Precautions. The primary care provider orders a computed tomography (CT) examination of the chest. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
Place a surgical mask on the client and transport to the CT department at the specified time
What is an accurate guideline for the use of PPE?
Replace gloves if they are visibly soiled.
The student nurse asks the nursing instructor to explain why stress can increase the risk of infection. The instructor explains:
Stress causes the body to release cortisol, which can increase the risk of infection.
The nurse planning to insert an indwelling urinary catheter into a client should utilize which of the following techniques?
Surgical asepsis
A client has tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after being swabbed on admission to the hospital. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an example of:
Survival adaption
The nurses on a busy surgical ward use hand hygiene when caring for postsurgical patients. Which action represents the appropriate use of hand hygiene?
The nurse keeps fingernails less than 1/4 in (0.63 cm) long.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used in health care facilities to protect the staff from potentially infected clients.
True
Which nursing action demonstrates safe injection practice?
Use sterile, single use, disposable, syringes for each injection.
The nurse conducting a hand hygiene in-service determines that the participants need additional education when they state that the use of an alcohol-based handrub is appropriate in which of the following situations?
When hands are visibly soiled
For which client would the use of standard precautions alone be appropriate?
an incontinent client in a nursing home who has diarrhea
When preparing a sterile field, the nurse notes that bottle of sterile saline was opened 48 hours ago and is half full. What should the nurse do?
discard the bottle
The nurse is caring for a client who developed a urinary tract infection while hospitalized. How will the nurse document this condition?
healthcare associated infection (HCAI)
The nurse who is caring for a client in contact isolation is preparing to conduct an assessment. Which stethoscope will the nurse choose to auscultate the client's bowel sounds?
one that remains in the client's room
The nurse who is caring for a client in contact isolation is preparing to conduct an assessment. How will the nurse listen to the client's heart?
stethoscope that remains in the client's room
Which is not appropriate regarding the use of gowns as PPE?
use of one gown per person per shift
When a nurse picks up a client's contaminated tissue without gloves and fails to wash the hands sufficiently, the nurse provides for the client's organisms to be spread by which type of transmission?
Contact
The nurse working with the hospital's infection control team is attempting to decrease the transmission of health care-associated pathogens. Which of the following will be most effective?
Incentivizing health care workers to utilize hand hygiene
