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Question 1
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The client is a chronic carrier of infection. To prevent the spread of the infection to other clients or health care providers, the nurse emphasizes interventions that do which of the following?
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Eliminate the reservoir
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Block the portal of exit from the reservoir
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Block the portal of entry into the host
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Decrease the susceptibility of the host
Question 2
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The most effective nursing action for controlling the spread of infection includes which of the following?
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Thorough hand cleansing
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Wearing gloves & masks when providing direct client care
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Implementing appropriate isolation precautions
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Administering broad-spectrum prophylactic antibiotics
Question 3
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When caring for a single client during one shift, it is appropriate for the nurse to reuse which of the following personal protective equipment?
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goggles
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gown
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surgical mask
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clean gloves
Question 4
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After evaluating the client’s chart, the nurse concludes a 65-year-old client’s immunizations are current. What evidence supports this conclusion? ***SATA***
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last tetanus booster was at age 50
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receives a flu shot every year
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has not received the hepatitis B vaccine
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has not received the hepatitis A vaccine
Question 5
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The nurse determines that a field remains sterile if which of the following conditions exist?
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Tips of wet forceps are held upward when held in ungloved hands
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The field was set up 1 hour before the procedure.
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Sterile items are kept at least 2 inches from the edge of the field.
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The nurse reaches over the field rather than around the edges.
Question 6
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Which statement does not represent surgical asepsis?
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practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms
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practices that destroy all microorganisms & spores
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includes all practices intended to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area
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used for all procedures involving sterile areas of the body
Question 7
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What lab data would indicate an infection? ***SATA***
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elevated WBC
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elevated ESR
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cultures of urine, blood, sputum, or other drainage
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increased creatinine
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