Exam 6: Infection Prevention and Control

Following discharge teaching,the nurse determines that the patient requires additional teaching regarding antibiotic treatment when the patient states:

The nurse instructs the nursing assistant in a long-term care facility regarding infection control measures.Which actions by the nursing assistant demonstrate understanding? (Select all that apply.)

The home health nurse makes a referral to _____ to supply a home-bound older adult with a daily meal.

The nurse is obtaining a health history on a newly admitted patient.Which information will alert the nurse to an increased risk for this patient developing an infection? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse uses a picture to show the areas of the body that are protected by normal flora.These areas include the: (Select all that apply.)

While assessing an obese resident in a long-term care facility,the nurse finds a red,moist rash under the patient's breasts,in the axilla,and in the inguinal fold.Based on this assessment,the nurse reports to the charge nurse that the resident probably has:

The nurse caring for a patient with general sepsis should notify the charge nurse immediately of the patient's:

The nurse explains to the patient who is using Prilosec (a proton pump inhibitor)that the drug has reduced the amount of the natural protector _____ in the stomach lining.

When the patient complains,"If this viral infection I have right now can't be helped by antibiotics,why am I taking this expensive acyclovir?" The nurse's best response is,"Acyclovir is:

The nurse caring for a patient with C.difficile should:

The nurse explains that exposure to a pathogen stimulates the macrophages to migrate to the area of infection to ingest and destroy the pathogen.This is the process of:

The nurse who suffers an accidental needle stick following administration of an intramuscular injection to a patient anticipates that facility protocol will suggest immediate treatment with which type of immunotherapy?

The nurse explains that the four lines of defense the body employs to combat infection are __________,__________,__________,and __________.

The home health nurse advises the patient to treat a fever of 100° F with:

The nurse will use Expanded Precautions when performing care for a patient with:

When the patient complains of the unsightly swelling of her lip at the site of an infection,the nurse explains that the swelling is part of the inflammatory response and acts as a(n):

The nurse explains that a vaccination provides defense against infection via:

The nurse is providing infection control teaching to a patient.Additional patient teaching is warranted by which patient statement?

The nurse is providing infection control teaching to a group of patients.The patient statement that best demonstrates understanding of the teaching provided is:

The frustrated patient with a fungal infection complains,"Why is the infection taking so long to heal?" The nurse's most informative response would be that: