Exam 10: Sterile Technique

What action by the nurse performing a surgical handrub is appropriate?

Which action by the surgical nurse who is putting on a sterile gown requires remediation from the charge nurse?

What does the student learn to do in assisted closed gloving?

During an operation, the surgeon reaches across the sterile field to quickly grab an instrument. What action does the nurse take?

What does the operating nurse understand about persistent activity?

Which action performed by a new nurse when putting on sterile gloves would require the precepting nurse to intervene?

What was Lord Joseph Lister's contribution to surgical asepsis?

When pouring a liquid onto a container on a sterile field, which action by the student nurse requires intervention by the supervising nurse?

The student nurse doing a rotation in the operating room learns about common ways of contaminating the sterile field. Which of these is included? (Select all that apply.)

Which steps, performed by a nursing student opening a sterile pack, are correct? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is entering an operating room a few minutes after the procedure has begun. What action must the nurse take prior to entering?

After the surgical hand scrub, the nurse holds his or her hands up in the air away from the body. What is the rationale for this action?

When adding objects to a sterile field, what action does the nurse take?

A new nurse is taught to double-glove. What response does the precepting nurse give when the new nurse asks for a rationale for the practice?

The nursing student asks why waterless, antimicrobial alcohol-based surgical handrubs are favored over the traditional hand scrub prior to surgery. What responses by the nurse are best? (Select all that apply.)

The new operating room nurse learns that which is a drawback to chlorhexidine gluconate with alcohol?

Which activities require sterile technique? (Select all that apply.)

The manager of the surgical unit is investigating different antiseptic agents and wants one with persistent activity. Which disinfectant would be the best choice?

What principle of sterile gowning does the student learn? (Select all that apply.)

The operating room nurse manager has removed the surgical nail brushes from the scrub area of the OR. When asked for a rationale, which response is best?