Exam 2: NSG3100 NSG 3100

Exam 2: NSG3100 / NSG 3100

(Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Fundamental Concepts & Skills for Nursing Practice I | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Galen

Question:

A new patient is admitted to a medical unit with Clostridium difficile. Which type of precautions or isolation does the nurse know is appropriate for this patient?

• Airborne precautions
• Droplet precautions
• Contact precautions
• Protective isolation

Answer:

• Contact precautions

Question:

In which situations does the nurse wear clean gloves as part of standard precautions? (Select all that apply.) 1 / 4

• In the care of a patient diagnosed with an infectious process
• When the patient is diaphoretic
• During care of each individual under treatment in the facility
• In the presence of urine or stool
• When taking the patient's blood pressure

Answer:

• In the care of a patient diagnosed with an infectious process
• During care of each individual under treatment in the facility
• In the presence of urine or stool

Question:

The nurse is providing patient education on infection prevention. Which definition of an infection does the nurse use as a teaching point?

• An illness resulting from living in an unclean environment
• A result of lack of knowledge about food preparation
• A disease resulting from pathogens in or on the body
• An acute or chronic illness resulting from traumatic injury

Answer:

• A disease resulting from pathogens in or on the body

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Question:

The nurse is caring for a patient who had abdominal surgery and has developed an infection in the wound while hospitalized. Which agent is most likely the cause of the infection?

• Virus
• Bacterium
• Fungus
• Spore

Answer:

• Bacterium

Question:

A nurse is preparing to change a sterile dressing and has donned two sterile gloves. To maintain surgical asepsis, what else must the nurse do?

• Keep the amount of splashes on the sterile field to a minimum.
• If a sneeze is imminent, cover the nose and mouth with a gloved hand.
• With a moist saline sponge, use the dominant hand to clean the wound and

then apply a dry dressing.

• Regard the outer 1 inch of the sterile field as contaminated.

Answer:

• Regard the outer 1 inch of the sterile field as contaminated.

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Question:

What is the proper order of removal of soiled personal protective equipment when the nurse leaves the patient's room?

• Gown, goggles, mask, gloves, and exit the room
• Gloves, wash hands, remove gown, mask, and wash hands
• Gloves, goggles, gown, mask, and wash hands
• Goggles, mask, gloves, gown, and wash hands

Answer:

• Gloves, goggles, gown, mask, and wash hands

Question:

Of the following hospitalized patients, who is most at risk for acquiring a health-care-associated infection?

• 60-year-old who smokes two packs of cigarettes per day
• 40-year-old who has an indwelling urinary catheter in place
• 65-year-old who is a vegetarian and slightly underweight
• 60-year-old who has a white blood cell count of 6000

Answer:

• 40-year-old who has an indwelling urinary catheter in place

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