WorksheetsInfection Prevention and Safety
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which client would the nurse consider to be at the highest risk of developing a nosocomial infection?
A 65-year-old client with an indwelling urinary catheter
A 30-year-old client admitted for dehydration
A 45-year-old client being treated for a gastrointestinal bleed
An 80-year-old client admitted with pneumonia
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) is working to reduce which health-care-related infections?
Surgical site infections
Human immunodeficiency virus
Covid-19
Community-acquired pneumonia
The nurse is caring for a client who is being treated for pneumonia and develops clostridium difficile (c-diff) from the antibiotic therapy. The client is placed on contact precautions. What intervention should the nurse perform?
Use an alcohol-based sanitizer before and after care
Don a mask prior to entering the client's room
Remove personal protective equipment after leaving the client's room
Provide a disposable blood pressure cuff, thermometer and stethoscope
The nurse is inserting an intravenous catheter into a client. Blood drips down from the venipuncture and lands on the nurse’s arm. Which intervention should the nurse perform first?
Wash the affected area thoroughly.
Notify the nurse’s immediate supervisor.
Complete both injury and incident reports.
Obtain baseline blood testing for HIV and hepatitis.
Which of the following would be the correct type of isolation for a patient who recently underwent a liver transplant and is receiving immunosuppressant therapy?
Contact isolation
Droplet isolation
Reverse or protective isolation
Airborne isolation
You are assigned to care for a patient who is currently being restrained due to confusion and attempting to remove his lines and drains. Of the following assessments, which one is the most important?
Assessing if the patient is hungry or thirsy
Assessing the patient's circulation to the extremities being restrained
Assessing if the patient has to use the bathroom
Assessing patient's feelings about being in restraints
Which safety precaution should the nurse take when preparing to administer an injection to a client?
Recapping the needle after administering the injection
Disposing of the needle immediately in the sharps container
Setting the needle aside after the injection until bleeding has stopped
Inserting the needle into a full sharps container for disposal
The nurse is educating the parents of a toddler about medication safety in the home. What should the nurse include in the teaching plan?
Keep all medications locked and out of reach of young children
Refer to medications as candy
Store medications in a pill box to assist with complicance
Hide medications under the sink to ensure safety
You notice smoke and flames coming from a patient's room down the hall. Which of the following is response?
Leave the unit and alert others of the fire.
Move patients to the elevators and get out of the building as quickly as possible.
Use RACE
Call 911
Which factor most decreases adverse outcomes in a health-care facility?
Good insurance coverage
Adequate psychosocial support
Knowledgeable health care providers
Quality nursing care
