Exam 23: Care of Patients with Infection

A client is admitted with fever,myalgia,and a papular rash on the face,palms,and soles of the feet.What action should the nurse take first?

Which action by the nurse is most helpful to prevent clients from acquiring infections while hospitalized?

Which statements are true regarding Standard Precautions? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse receives report from the laboratory on a client who was admitted for fever.The laboratory technician states that the client has "a shift to the left" on the white blood cell count.What action by the nurse is most important?

A student nurse asks why brushing clients' teeth with a toothbrush in the intensive care unit is important to infection control.What response by the registered nurse is best?

The student nurse caring for clients understands that which factors must be present to transmit infection? (Select all that apply.)

The nursing instructor explaining infection tells students that which factor is the best and most important barrier to infection?

A client is being admitted with suspected tuberculosis (TB).What actions by the nurse are best? (Select all that apply.)

A client is hospitalized and on multiple antibiotics.The client develops frequent diarrhea.What action by the nurse is most important?

A student nurse asks the nursing instructor why older adults are more prone to infection than other adults.What reasons does the nursing instructor give? (Select all that apply.)

A client has been admitted to the hospital for a virulent infection and is started on antibiotics.The client has laboratory work pending to determine if the diagnosis is meningitis.After starting the antibiotics,what action by the nurse is best?

A client has a wound infection to the right arm.What comfort measure can the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

A hospitalized client is placed on Contact Precautions.The client needs to have a computed tomography (CT)scan.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is observing as an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)performs hygiene and changes a client's bed linens.What action by the UAP requires intervention by the nurse?

A client with an infection has a fever.What actions by the nurse help increase the client's comfort? (Select all that apply.)

A hospital unit is participating in a bioterrorism drill.A "client" is admitted with inhalation anthrax.Under what type of precautions does the charge nurse admit the "client"?

The student nurse learns that effective antimicrobial therapy requires which factors to be present? (Select all that apply.)

A nursing manager is concerned about the number of infections on the hospital unit.What action by the manager would best help prevent these infections?

A nurse is caring for a client who has methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)infection cultured from the urine.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A client is admitted with possible sepsis.Which action should the nurse perform first?