Exam 32: Infection Control

A vaginal speculum used for a Pap smear would be classified into which sterilization category?

A patient with active tuberculosis is admitted to the medical centre.The nurse recognizes that which of the following types of precautions will be required upon admission of this patient?

Which of the following is an appropriate assessment activity for the nursing diagnosis,Risk for infection related to lowered immunity?

The nurse is aware that it is important to break the chain of infection.Which of the following is an example of a nursing intervention implemented to reduce a reservoir of infection for a patient?

Which of the following is the single most important technique to prevent and control the transmission of infections?

The patient has a 15-cm laceration on his right forearm,and an infection develops.Which of the following is a sign of an acute inflammatory process?

Which one of the following indicates that the nurse is using surgical aseptic technique?

The nurse recognizes the appropriate procedures for sterile asepsis.Of the following,which action is consistent with sterile asepsis?

Which of the following is true in regard to documentation of hand hygiene?

The patient has a large,deep abdominal incision that requires a dressing.The incision is packed with sterile 1.75-cm packing and covered with a dry,10 ´ 10-cm gauze.When changing the dressing,the nurse accidentally drops the packing onto the patient's abdomen.Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The nurse recognizes that special care must be taken in the handling of which of the following bodily fluids to prevent the transmission of hepatitis A?

The nurse works in a small rural hospital with a wide variety of patients.Of the patients admitted this afternoon,the nurse recognizes that the individual with which of the following conditions is most susceptible to infection?

A female patient has been undergoing diagnostic testing since admission to the hospital's medical unit.The results of blood testing are sent back to the unit.On reviewing the following results,the nurse will report which one as abnormal to the physician?

Droplet precautions will be instituted for the patient admitted to the infectious disease unit with which of the following conditions?

The parent of a preschool child asks the nurse how chickenpox (caused by the varicella-zoster virus)is transmitted.The nurse explains which of the following about the virus?

While working with patients in the postoperative period,the nurse is very alert to the results of laboratory tests.Which of the following results is indicative of an infectious process?

Which of the following stages of infection is characterized by the onset of nonspecific signs and symptoms progressing to more specific symptoms?

When implementing hand hygiene with soap and water,the nurse washes his or her hands,using plenty of lather and friction,for at least how many seconds?

The nurse suspects that an older adult patient may have pneumonia.Older adult patients may react differently to infectious processes,so the nurse is alert to atypical signs and symptoms,such as which one of the following?

With which of the following WBC types would the nurse anticipate a normal laboratory value,even though the patient has an infection?