Exam 17: Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home

The nurse recognizes a break in aseptic technique when:

A patient on Airborne Precautions says to the nurse, "I feel like I'm going crazy cooped up in here. I feel like just sneaking out and finding someone to talk to." The best response by the nurse is:

A nurse is instructing a nursing student about principles of aseptic technique. The nurse would recognize the need for further instruction if the nursing student states, "I must:

The correct way to handle soiled linens in the room of a patient who is on Contact Precautions is for the nurse to:

A patient had abdominal surgery 3 days ago and now has a temperature of 101.2° F and reports feelings of malaise. The nurse assesses the abdominal incision and observes edema around the incision and some purulent drainage. This patient is in the ____________ stage of infection.

A patient with primary tuberculosis is on Airborne Precautions, and he spends much of the day sleeping and is confused and awake at night. An appropriate nursing intervention for this patient is to:

A patient who has active primary tuberculosis is placed on Airborne Precautions. In addition to observing Standard Precautions for this patient, the nurse expects that:

The nurse is helping the physician perform a sterile procedure at the bedside. Halfway through the procedure, the nurse believes the physician has contaminated the sterile field. The nurse should:

The nurse adding sterile liquids to a sterile field should:

The patient for whom the nurse should observe Contact Precautions in addition to Standard Precautions would be diagnosed with:

The nurse is aware that the patient most at risk for a health care-associated infection (HAI) would be the:

The nurse collecting a sputum specimen for a patient with staphylococcal pneumonia will:

A nurse is instructing one of the facility's unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) in ways to prevent health care-associated infections. The nurse recognizes that further instruction is warranted when the UAP states, "I will:

The most contagious stage of infection is the ___________ period.

A nurse is caring for a patient who is in isolation. The nurse would correctly do which of the following?

A family member has been instructed in the administration of subcutaneous medication at home. The nurse instructs her to:

The most effective part of infection control to reduce the incidence of health care-associated infections (HAIs) is to:

The nursing intervention most likely to decrease the chance of health care-associated infections (HAIs) for a 76-year-old patient following bowel resection surgery would be to have the patient:

The nurse clarifies that the duties of the facility's Infection Preventionist include: (Select all that apply.)

When picking up the first sterile glove, the nurse will: