CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
2026 PRACTICE TEST SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS PREPARATION SET
◉ Breaking the chain of infection: Transmission.
Answer: 1. Hand hygiene
2. Use personal set of care items for each patient
3. Avoid shaking bed linen or clothes
4. Avoid contact of soiled item with uniform
5. Discard any item that touches the floor
6. Standard precautions or select transmission-based precautions
◉ Breaking the chain of infection: Portal of entry (site through
which microorganism enters host).
Answer: Skin and mucosa
1. Maintain skin/mucosa integrity: lubricate skin, frequent hygiene,
turn and position
2. Cover wounds as needed
3. Clean wound sites thoroughly
4. Dispose of used needles in puncture-proof container
Urinary
,Keep all drainage systems closed and intact, maintaining downward
flow
◉ Breaking the chain of infection: Host (patient).
Answer: 1. Reduce susceptibility to infection
2. Provide adequate nutrition
3. Ensure adequate rest
4. Promote body defenses against infection
5. Provide immunizations
◉ Hand Hygiene.
Answer: Washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and
water and using alcohol-based hand rubs
◉ Four factors influencing hand hygiene.
Answer: 1. Intensity or degree of contact with patients or
contaminated objects
2. Amount of contamination that may occur with contact
3. Patient or healthcare worker's susceptibility
4. Procedure or activity to be performed
◉ When to wash hands.
, Answer: 1. When visibly dirty or soiled with blood or other body
fluids
2. Before eating
3. After using toilet
4. When exposed to spore-forming organisms such as C. difficile
◉ When to used alcohol-based rub.
Answer: 1. Hands not visibly soiled
2. Routine decontamination of hands
a. Before and after direct patient contact
b. Before applying sterile gloves and inserting
invasive device
c. After contact with body fluids or excretions,
mucous membranes, and non-intact skin
d. After contact with wound dressings
e. When moving from a contaminated body site
to clean body site
f. After contact with inanimate objects in patient
vicinity
g. After removing glasses
◉ How long should you wash your hands?.
2026 PRACTICE TEST SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS PREPARATION SET
◉ Breaking the chain of infection: Transmission.
Answer: 1. Hand hygiene
2. Use personal set of care items for each patient
3. Avoid shaking bed linen or clothes
4. Avoid contact of soiled item with uniform
5. Discard any item that touches the floor
6. Standard precautions or select transmission-based precautions
◉ Breaking the chain of infection: Portal of entry (site through
which microorganism enters host).
Answer: Skin and mucosa
1. Maintain skin/mucosa integrity: lubricate skin, frequent hygiene,
turn and position
2. Cover wounds as needed
3. Clean wound sites thoroughly
4. Dispose of used needles in puncture-proof container
Urinary
,Keep all drainage systems closed and intact, maintaining downward
flow
◉ Breaking the chain of infection: Host (patient).
Answer: 1. Reduce susceptibility to infection
2. Provide adequate nutrition
3. Ensure adequate rest
4. Promote body defenses against infection
5. Provide immunizations
◉ Hand Hygiene.
Answer: Washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and
water and using alcohol-based hand rubs
◉ Four factors influencing hand hygiene.
Answer: 1. Intensity or degree of contact with patients or
contaminated objects
2. Amount of contamination that may occur with contact
3. Patient or healthcare worker's susceptibility
4. Procedure or activity to be performed
◉ When to wash hands.
, Answer: 1. When visibly dirty or soiled with blood or other body
fluids
2. Before eating
3. After using toilet
4. When exposed to spore-forming organisms such as C. difficile
◉ When to used alcohol-based rub.
Answer: 1. Hands not visibly soiled
2. Routine decontamination of hands
a. Before and after direct patient contact
b. Before applying sterile gloves and inserting
invasive device
c. After contact with body fluids or excretions,
mucous membranes, and non-intact skin
d. After contact with wound dressings
e. When moving from a contaminated body site
to clean body site
f. After contact with inanimate objects in patient
vicinity
g. After removing glasses
◉ How long should you wash your hands?.
