Exam 8: Nursing Care of Patients With Infections

The nurse has contributed to a staff education program about the principles for the first tier of standard precautions.Which statement by a nursing assistant indicates a correct understanding of the teaching?

A patient requires care that might cause the splattering of body secretions.Which item should the nurse wear when caring for this patient?

The nurse is contributing to a staff education program about infection control.Which information should the nurse recommend including as an example of a portal of exit for a pathogen in the chain of infection?

During data collection,the nurse suspects a patient is experiencing a urinary tract infection.Which manifestation did the nurse use to come to this conclusion?

The nurse is caring for a patient with herpes simplex.Which statement related to disease transmission should the nurse include in the patient's discharge teaching?

A patient voids and asks to have the urinal emptied.Which action should the nurse take first?

The nurse is preparing to give a newly prescribed antibiotic to a patient with an infected surgical incision.Which action is essential for the nurse to do before giving the antibiotic?

The nurse reviews the method of transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever with a patient being treated for the disease.On which mode of transmission for the disease should the nurse focus with the patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is immunocompromised.Which action should the nurse take to ensure that the patient does not develop a hospital-acquired infection?

The nurse suspects that patient is developing sepsis.Which findings did the nurse use to come to this conclusion? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient with influenza.For which reason should the nurse encourage the patient to increase fluids?

A patient develops a hospital-acquired surgical wound infection.Which organism should the nurse recognize as being the most likely cause of this infection?

The nurse wants to ensure that a hospitalized patient with a healthy immune system does not contract an infectious disease.What nursing action should the nurse identify to reduce this patient's susceptibility to an infection?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient about gastrointestinal infections.Which symptom should the patient state which indicates that teaching has been effective?

The school nurse is planning to teach a group of school-age children on cough etiquette.What should the nurse emphasize with these students?

The nurse is contributing to a staff education program about infection control.What information from the following list should the nurse recommend including about methods that are effective in destroying bacterial spores?

The nurse is assisting with the development of an educational program to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases in a community.What topics should the nurse suggest be included in this program? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is obtaining a health history from a patient who has a respiratory system infection.Which finding should the nurse identify as being the most significant?

There are limited amounts of influenza vaccine currently available in the clinic.Which individual should the nurse identify as having the highest priority to receive vaccination at this time?

A patient is admitted for treatment of an antibody-antigen response.What should the nurse explain to the patient about this response? (Select all that apply.)