Exam 6: Infection Prevention and Control

Which areas of the body is/are protected by normal flora?

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 statement describes which process?

The nurse is caring for a patient with general sepsis.Which finding should first alert the nurse to a potential complication that warrants immediate attention?

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 performs which action?

The nurse is caring for several patients and determines which patient to be most at risk for developing an infection related to a decreased anti-inflammatory response?

The nurse is planning care for a patient and determines that Expanded Precautions are warranted when performing care for a patient with which infection?

The nurse explains that an infection occurring in the body represents an interrelationship between the __________,__________,and __________.

The nurse uses a visual aid to demonstrate how which antibody attaches to the antigen to clear the pathogen from the body?

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 is providing infection control teaching to a patient.Which patient statement warrants additional patient teaching?

The nurse is teaching a patient about infection prevention.The nurse points out that covering the mouth and nose with a tissue for a sneeze reduces the probability of infection spreading by which route?

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 which type of infection?

The nurse is obtaining a health history on a newly admitted patient.Which information alerts the nurse that the patient is at increased risk for developing an infection?

A frustrated patient with a fungal infection complains,"Why is the infection taking so long to heal?" Which response is most appropriate?

The nurse instructs the nursing assistant in a long-term care facility regarding infection control measures.Which action(s)demonstrate(s)that the nursing assistant understands the nurse's teaching?

To which entity should the home health nurse make a referral in order to supply a home-bound older adult with a daily meal?

The nurse is providing infection control teaching to a group of patients.Which statement demonstrates that the patient understands the nurse's teaching?

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

The nurse provides discharge teaching about antibiotic therapy.Which statement indicates that the patient requires additional teaching?

The nurse discusses and demonstrates proper hand hygiene to an immunocompromised patient and his wife.Which statement indicates a need for additional teaching?