Galen College of Nursing -3100 Fundamentals EXAM
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The nurse is preparing to assist with a dressing change. Can I appropriate technique that the nurse
include in performing correct hand hygiene is to.
A. Wash the rest, then the
b. Use a brush on the palms of the hands.
c. Maintain the scrub for at least one minute.
d. Wash well around watches and other jewelry. - answer>>a. Wash the rest, then the hands.
A patient is found to have MRSA. And appropriate isolation procedure for the nurse to implement
when working with this patient is to.
a. Leave all linen in the patient's room.
b. Use personal protective equipment for contact precautions
c. Wipe the stethoscope off before removing it from the room.
D. Identify on the patient store to drop a precautions are in place. - answer>>b. Use personal
protective equipment for contact precautions
The nurse is observing the student put on sterile gloves. Which of the following actions has
contaminated the gloves?
a. Keeping the package above waist level
b. Pulling the inner package edges apart with thumbs and fingers.
c. Grasping the second glove by the cuff.
d. Adjusting the gloves by pinching, and shifting with the other hand. - answer>>c. Grasping the second
glove by the cuff.
,The unit manager observes the new staff nurse perform the following actions for a patient with
isolation precautions. Which of the following action should the unit manager address incorrect with
the new nurse?
a. Keeping a thermometer, stethoscope and blood pressure cuff in the patient's room.
b. Talk to any of the precautions required in the patient's.
C. Using a particulate respiration mask for the patient who has tuberculosis
d. Coming out of the room in the PPE to quickly get another dressing. - answer>>d. Coming out of the
room in the PPE to quickly get another dressing.
Evaluating the infection control measures used by the patient and family in the home, which finding
indicates the additional teaching is required?
a. Using antimicrobial soap and disinfectants.
b. Sharing a towel in the bathroom.
c. Disposing of sharps in a jar with a screw top lid
d. Avoiding breathing directly on others. - answer>>b. Sharing a towel in the bathroom
A patient has a red, raised skin rash. During a bath, the priority action of the nurse is to?
a. Assess for additional inflammatory reaction.
b. Discuss the body image problems, created by the presence of the rash.
c. Wash the skin thoroughly with hot water and soap
d. Washer is the skin to prevent drying - answer>>a. Assess for additional inflammatory reaction.
The nurses caring for a patient who has right excited paralysis after a cerebrovascular accident (stroke).
Which of the following factors would be ,let likely to result in pressure injury for this patient?
,a. Pore nutrition.
b. Reduce mobility.
c. Excessive hydration.
d. Skin secretions. - answer>>b. Reduce mobility
A nurse delegate the hydronic care of the male patient to the nursing assistant. In reviewing the
patient assignment, the nurse instructs the assistant, to make sure to use an electric razor to shave the
patient with.
a. Thrombocytopenia.
b. Congestive heart failure.
c. Osteoarthritis.
d. Pneumonia. - answer>>a. Thrombocytopenia
The nurse delegates morning care to a new shoulder, fight, nursing assistant. Which of the following
actions by the assistant would be evaluated as appropriate.
a. Placing some dentures in a tissue well not worn.
b. Turning the patient's nails with scissors.
c. Using soap to cleanse around the eyes.
d. Washing the patient's leg from ankle to the knee - answer>>d. Washing the patient's leg from ankle
to the knee
Patient with diabetes mellitus has physician orders for meticulous foot care. Which of the following is
the best rationale for the order?
a. Process causes increased skin breakdown
b. There is. peripheral neuropathy with this condition that placed the patient at risk
c. The patient probably has history for poor hygienic care.
, d. Oh, or extremities are difficult to see, and therefore hard to maintain with good hygiene -
answer>>b. There is. peripheral neuropathy with this condition that placed the patient at risk
Nurse is instructing a patient with peripheral vascular disease about daily for care. The nurses
instruction for the patient includes.
a. Soaking my feet, 5 to 10 minutes each day.
b. Finally the nails into a curve shape.
c. Using commercial corn removers if needed.
d. Applying lotion to the feet. - answer>>d. applying lotion to the feet.
To administer their oral care to a semi comatose patient, the nurse should place the patient in which of
the following positions?
a. Reverse Trendelenburg.
b. High Fowlers with the head to the side.
c. Side lying with head turned toward the nurse.
d. Supine with the next slightly forward. - answer>>c. Side lying with head turned toward the nurse.
A patient has severe right sided weakness, and is unable to complete phasing independently. On the
basis of this observation, the nurse identifies a nurse diagnosis that hypothesis of.
a. Low self-esteem.
b. Hygiene, self-care deficit
c. Altered tissue integrity.
d. Lack of understanding of proper hygiene practices. - answer>>b. Hygiene, self-care deficit
The nurse is preparing to assist the semiconscious adult female patient with perineal care. The position
of choice for the patient is.
LATEST 2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND 100% Verified
ANSWERS
The nurse is preparing to assist with a dressing change. Can I appropriate technique that the nurse
include in performing correct hand hygiene is to.
A. Wash the rest, then the
b. Use a brush on the palms of the hands.
c. Maintain the scrub for at least one minute.
d. Wash well around watches and other jewelry. - answer>>a. Wash the rest, then the hands.
A patient is found to have MRSA. And appropriate isolation procedure for the nurse to implement
when working with this patient is to.
a. Leave all linen in the patient's room.
b. Use personal protective equipment for contact precautions
c. Wipe the stethoscope off before removing it from the room.
D. Identify on the patient store to drop a precautions are in place. - answer>>b. Use personal
protective equipment for contact precautions
The nurse is observing the student put on sterile gloves. Which of the following actions has
contaminated the gloves?
a. Keeping the package above waist level
b. Pulling the inner package edges apart with thumbs and fingers.
c. Grasping the second glove by the cuff.
d. Adjusting the gloves by pinching, and shifting with the other hand. - answer>>c. Grasping the second
glove by the cuff.
,The unit manager observes the new staff nurse perform the following actions for a patient with
isolation precautions. Which of the following action should the unit manager address incorrect with
the new nurse?
a. Keeping a thermometer, stethoscope and blood pressure cuff in the patient's room.
b. Talk to any of the precautions required in the patient's.
C. Using a particulate respiration mask for the patient who has tuberculosis
d. Coming out of the room in the PPE to quickly get another dressing. - answer>>d. Coming out of the
room in the PPE to quickly get another dressing.
Evaluating the infection control measures used by the patient and family in the home, which finding
indicates the additional teaching is required?
a. Using antimicrobial soap and disinfectants.
b. Sharing a towel in the bathroom.
c. Disposing of sharps in a jar with a screw top lid
d. Avoiding breathing directly on others. - answer>>b. Sharing a towel in the bathroom
A patient has a red, raised skin rash. During a bath, the priority action of the nurse is to?
a. Assess for additional inflammatory reaction.
b. Discuss the body image problems, created by the presence of the rash.
c. Wash the skin thoroughly with hot water and soap
d. Washer is the skin to prevent drying - answer>>a. Assess for additional inflammatory reaction.
The nurses caring for a patient who has right excited paralysis after a cerebrovascular accident (stroke).
Which of the following factors would be ,let likely to result in pressure injury for this patient?
,a. Pore nutrition.
b. Reduce mobility.
c. Excessive hydration.
d. Skin secretions. - answer>>b. Reduce mobility
A nurse delegate the hydronic care of the male patient to the nursing assistant. In reviewing the
patient assignment, the nurse instructs the assistant, to make sure to use an electric razor to shave the
patient with.
a. Thrombocytopenia.
b. Congestive heart failure.
c. Osteoarthritis.
d. Pneumonia. - answer>>a. Thrombocytopenia
The nurse delegates morning care to a new shoulder, fight, nursing assistant. Which of the following
actions by the assistant would be evaluated as appropriate.
a. Placing some dentures in a tissue well not worn.
b. Turning the patient's nails with scissors.
c. Using soap to cleanse around the eyes.
d. Washing the patient's leg from ankle to the knee - answer>>d. Washing the patient's leg from ankle
to the knee
Patient with diabetes mellitus has physician orders for meticulous foot care. Which of the following is
the best rationale for the order?
a. Process causes increased skin breakdown
b. There is. peripheral neuropathy with this condition that placed the patient at risk
c. The patient probably has history for poor hygienic care.
, d. Oh, or extremities are difficult to see, and therefore hard to maintain with good hygiene -
answer>>b. There is. peripheral neuropathy with this condition that placed the patient at risk
Nurse is instructing a patient with peripheral vascular disease about daily for care. The nurses
instruction for the patient includes.
a. Soaking my feet, 5 to 10 minutes each day.
b. Finally the nails into a curve shape.
c. Using commercial corn removers if needed.
d. Applying lotion to the feet. - answer>>d. applying lotion to the feet.
To administer their oral care to a semi comatose patient, the nurse should place the patient in which of
the following positions?
a. Reverse Trendelenburg.
b. High Fowlers with the head to the side.
c. Side lying with head turned toward the nurse.
d. Supine with the next slightly forward. - answer>>c. Side lying with head turned toward the nurse.
A patient has severe right sided weakness, and is unable to complete phasing independently. On the
basis of this observation, the nurse identifies a nurse diagnosis that hypothesis of.
a. Low self-esteem.
b. Hygiene, self-care deficit
c. Altered tissue integrity.
d. Lack of understanding of proper hygiene practices. - answer>>b. Hygiene, self-care deficit
The nurse is preparing to assist the semiconscious adult female patient with perineal care. The position
of choice for the patient is.
