NUFT 204 MAIN EXAMS UPDATED TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Documentation in the Long-Term Health Care Setting - ✔✔-Governmental agencies
are instrumental in determining standards and policies for documentation.
-Documentation in the long-term care setting supports an interprofessional approach to
the assessment and planning process for all patients.
✔✔Tos - ✔✔Telephone orders
✔✔Vos - ✔✔Verbal orders
✔✔Incident or occurrence reports - ✔✔-Used to document any event that is not
consistent with the routine operation of a health care unit or the routine care of a patient
-Follow agency policy
✔✔Telephone orders (TO) or verbal orders (VO) - ✔✔Always documented
Taken by RN only
protocol to write it down, then read it back to the person who gave the order for
confirmation of accuracy.
✔✔Nursing informatics - ✔✔The use of information and computer technology to support
all aspects of nursing practice, including direct delivery of care, administration,
education, and research
✔✔CPOE - ✔✔Computerized provider order entry
✔✔CDSSs - ✔✔Clinical decision support systems
✔✔Used to support decision making - ✔✔CDSSs (Clinical decision support systems)
✔✔Nursing clinical information system (NCIS) - ✔✔provide information in a timely
fashion as to promote more efficient care with lab results, care plans shared with
patient, etc.
✔✔Microorganisms/Microbes - ✔✔Causes Infection: Viruses , Bacteria, Protozoans,
Fungi, Parasites
✔✔Viruses - ✔✔smallest infectious agent
✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔single celled reproduced quickly
✔✔Protozoans - ✔✔single celled found in soil (most do not cause disease)
,✔✔Fungi - ✔✔complex cell structure (most do not cause disease)
✔✔Parasite - ✔✔cause disease
✔✔Antibiotics treat - ✔✔bacterial infections
✔✔Antiviral treat - ✔✔Virus
✔✔antifungal treats - ✔✔fungus
✔✔PPE put on order - ✔✔Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves
✔✔PPE take off order - ✔✔Gloves, goggles, gown, Mask
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔resistant to pathogens and the disease they cause
✔✔Lines of defense - ✔✔Intact skin
Normal flora
Staying healthy
✔✔nonspecific defenses - ✔✔mechanisms to protect us against pathogens in general
✔✔infection - ✔✔the presence of a pathogen in or on the body
✔✔naturally aquired active immunity - ✔✔naturally exposed to an antigen (usually long
lasting) (getting sick)
✔✔artificially acquired active immunity - ✔✔being injected with a pathogen
(immunizations or vaccines)
✔✔naturally acquired passive immunity - ✔✔immunity through his mother (short-lived)
(breastfeeding)
✔✔artificially acquired passive immunity - ✔✔immunity when person is injected with
antibodies (short-lived, 2-3 weeks) (snake venom)
✔✔chain of infection - ✔✔infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
✔✔Factors that increase risk of illness - ✔✔Low protein, vitamin C deficiency,
homelessness, antibiotics, immunotherapy drugs, hygeine, age, genetics, nutrition
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Susceptible host - ✔✔-maintaining skin/mucous
membranes
, -balanced diet
-importance of immunizations
✔✔breaking the chain of infection: etiologic agent - ✔✔Cleaning, disinfecting before
use, Educating patients about cleaning
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Reservoir - ✔✔Changing dressings and bandages
when soiled or wet
Appropriate skin and oral hygiene
Disposing of damp, soiled linens appropriately
Disposing of feces and urine in appropriate receptacles
Ensuring that all fluid containers are covered or capped
Emptying suction and drainage bottles at end of each shift or before full or according to
agency policy
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Portal of exit - ✔✔Avoiding talking, coughing, or
sneezing over open wounds or sterile fields
Covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: transmission - ✔✔Proper hand hygiene
Instructing patients and support persons to perform hand hygiene before handling food,
eating, after eliminating and after touching infectious material
Wearing gloves when handling secretions and excretions
Wearing gowns if there is danger of soiling clothing with body substances
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Portal of entry - ✔✔Using sterile technique for
invasive procedures, when exposing open wounds or handling dressings
Placing used disposable needles and syringes in puncture-resistant containers for
disposal
Providing all patients with own personal care items
Indwelling catheters only when necessary
✔✔Medical asepsis (clean technique) - ✔✔practice used to remove or destroy germs
and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place
✔✔times hands should be washed - ✔✔Beginning of day
After using the bathroom (soap and water)
Before eating
Before and after each patient
Before and after handling equipment or specimens
After blowing your nose or coughing
✔✔handwashing guidelines - ✔✔Hands are visibly soiled
Patient with C. difficile
Before eating or after using the bathroom
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Documentation in the Long-Term Health Care Setting - ✔✔-Governmental agencies
are instrumental in determining standards and policies for documentation.
-Documentation in the long-term care setting supports an interprofessional approach to
the assessment and planning process for all patients.
✔✔Tos - ✔✔Telephone orders
✔✔Vos - ✔✔Verbal orders
✔✔Incident or occurrence reports - ✔✔-Used to document any event that is not
consistent with the routine operation of a health care unit or the routine care of a patient
-Follow agency policy
✔✔Telephone orders (TO) or verbal orders (VO) - ✔✔Always documented
Taken by RN only
protocol to write it down, then read it back to the person who gave the order for
confirmation of accuracy.
✔✔Nursing informatics - ✔✔The use of information and computer technology to support
all aspects of nursing practice, including direct delivery of care, administration,
education, and research
✔✔CPOE - ✔✔Computerized provider order entry
✔✔CDSSs - ✔✔Clinical decision support systems
✔✔Used to support decision making - ✔✔CDSSs (Clinical decision support systems)
✔✔Nursing clinical information system (NCIS) - ✔✔provide information in a timely
fashion as to promote more efficient care with lab results, care plans shared with
patient, etc.
✔✔Microorganisms/Microbes - ✔✔Causes Infection: Viruses , Bacteria, Protozoans,
Fungi, Parasites
✔✔Viruses - ✔✔smallest infectious agent
✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔single celled reproduced quickly
✔✔Protozoans - ✔✔single celled found in soil (most do not cause disease)
,✔✔Fungi - ✔✔complex cell structure (most do not cause disease)
✔✔Parasite - ✔✔cause disease
✔✔Antibiotics treat - ✔✔bacterial infections
✔✔Antiviral treat - ✔✔Virus
✔✔antifungal treats - ✔✔fungus
✔✔PPE put on order - ✔✔Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves
✔✔PPE take off order - ✔✔Gloves, goggles, gown, Mask
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔resistant to pathogens and the disease they cause
✔✔Lines of defense - ✔✔Intact skin
Normal flora
Staying healthy
✔✔nonspecific defenses - ✔✔mechanisms to protect us against pathogens in general
✔✔infection - ✔✔the presence of a pathogen in or on the body
✔✔naturally aquired active immunity - ✔✔naturally exposed to an antigen (usually long
lasting) (getting sick)
✔✔artificially acquired active immunity - ✔✔being injected with a pathogen
(immunizations or vaccines)
✔✔naturally acquired passive immunity - ✔✔immunity through his mother (short-lived)
(breastfeeding)
✔✔artificially acquired passive immunity - ✔✔immunity when person is injected with
antibodies (short-lived, 2-3 weeks) (snake venom)
✔✔chain of infection - ✔✔infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
✔✔Factors that increase risk of illness - ✔✔Low protein, vitamin C deficiency,
homelessness, antibiotics, immunotherapy drugs, hygeine, age, genetics, nutrition
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Susceptible host - ✔✔-maintaining skin/mucous
membranes
, -balanced diet
-importance of immunizations
✔✔breaking the chain of infection: etiologic agent - ✔✔Cleaning, disinfecting before
use, Educating patients about cleaning
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Reservoir - ✔✔Changing dressings and bandages
when soiled or wet
Appropriate skin and oral hygiene
Disposing of damp, soiled linens appropriately
Disposing of feces and urine in appropriate receptacles
Ensuring that all fluid containers are covered or capped
Emptying suction and drainage bottles at end of each shift or before full or according to
agency policy
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Portal of exit - ✔✔Avoiding talking, coughing, or
sneezing over open wounds or sterile fields
Covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: transmission - ✔✔Proper hand hygiene
Instructing patients and support persons to perform hand hygiene before handling food,
eating, after eliminating and after touching infectious material
Wearing gloves when handling secretions and excretions
Wearing gowns if there is danger of soiling clothing with body substances
✔✔Breaking the chain of infection: Portal of entry - ✔✔Using sterile technique for
invasive procedures, when exposing open wounds or handling dressings
Placing used disposable needles and syringes in puncture-resistant containers for
disposal
Providing all patients with own personal care items
Indwelling catheters only when necessary
✔✔Medical asepsis (clean technique) - ✔✔practice used to remove or destroy germs
and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place
✔✔times hands should be washed - ✔✔Beginning of day
After using the bathroom (soap and water)
Before eating
Before and after each patient
Before and after handling equipment or specimens
After blowing your nose or coughing
✔✔handwashing guidelines - ✔✔Hands are visibly soiled
Patient with C. difficile
Before eating or after using the bathroom
