PN 4006 FINAL PAPER 2026 DETAILED
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM QUALITY
◉ The client requires a sterile dressing change. Which of the
following is an appropriate intervention for the nurse to implement
in maintaining sterile asepsis?
Select one:
a. Put sterile gloves on before opening sterile packages.
b. Check integrity of sterile packages prior to use.
c. Place the cap of the sterile solution well within the sterile field.
d. Place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape.
Answer: b. Check integrity of sterile packages prior to use.
◉ The client has a large, deep abdominal incision that requires a
dressing. The incision is packed with sterile 1.75-cm packing and
covered with a dry, 10 × 10-cm gauze. When changing the dressing,
the nurse accidentally drops the packing onto the client's abdomen.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
,Select one:
a. Add alcohol to the packing and insert it into the incision.
b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
c. Pick up the packing with sterile forceps, and gently place it into
the incision.
d. Rinse the packing with sterile water, and put the packing into the
incision with sterile gloves.
Answer: b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
◉ Droplet precautions will be instituted for the client admitted to
the infectious disease unit with which of the following conditions?
Select one:
a. Influenza
b. C. difficile
c. Pulmonary tuberculosis
d. Measles
Answer: a. Influenza
◉ A client with active tuberculosis is admitted to the medical center.
The nurse recognizes that which of the following types of
precautions will be required upon admission of this client?
,Select one:
a. Airborne precautions
b. Droplet precautions
c. Contact precautions
d. Reverse isolation
Answer: a. Airborne precautions
◉ The parent of a preschool child asks the nurse how chickenpox
(caused by the varicella-zoster virus) is transmitted. The nurse
explains which of the following about the virus?
Select one:
a. It is carried by a vector organism.
b. It is carried though the air in droplets after sneezing or coughing.
c. It is transmitted through person-to-person contact.
d. It is acquired through contact with contaminated objects.
Answer: b. It is carried though the air in droplets after sneezing or
coughing.
◉ The nurse recognizes the appropriate procedures for sterile
asepsis. Of the following, which action is consistent with sterile
asepsis?
, Select one:
a. Clean forceps may be used to move items on the sterile field.
b. Sterile fields may be prepared well in advance of the procedures.
c. The first small amount of sterile solution should be poured and
discarded.
d. Wrapped sterile packages should be opened starting with the flap
closest to the nurse.
Answer: c. The first small amount of sterile solution should be
poured and discarded.
◉ The nursing assistant is learning how to use protective equipment
when caring for a client in isolation. The nursing assistant is
instructed in the correct sequence for putting on the protective
equipment. Which of the following describes the correct sequence?
Select one:
a. Wash her hands, apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown,
and then apply gloves.
b. Apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown, wash her hands,
and then apply gloves.
c. Wash her hands, put on the gown, apply gloves, and then put on
mask and eyewear.
d. Put on the gown, apply the mask and eyewear, wash her hands,
and then apply gloves.
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM QUALITY
◉ The client requires a sterile dressing change. Which of the
following is an appropriate intervention for the nurse to implement
in maintaining sterile asepsis?
Select one:
a. Put sterile gloves on before opening sterile packages.
b. Check integrity of sterile packages prior to use.
c. Place the cap of the sterile solution well within the sterile field.
d. Place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape.
Answer: b. Check integrity of sterile packages prior to use.
◉ The client has a large, deep abdominal incision that requires a
dressing. The incision is packed with sterile 1.75-cm packing and
covered with a dry, 10 × 10-cm gauze. When changing the dressing,
the nurse accidentally drops the packing onto the client's abdomen.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
,Select one:
a. Add alcohol to the packing and insert it into the incision.
b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
c. Pick up the packing with sterile forceps, and gently place it into
the incision.
d. Rinse the packing with sterile water, and put the packing into the
incision with sterile gloves.
Answer: b. Throw the packing away, and prepare a new one.
◉ Droplet precautions will be instituted for the client admitted to
the infectious disease unit with which of the following conditions?
Select one:
a. Influenza
b. C. difficile
c. Pulmonary tuberculosis
d. Measles
Answer: a. Influenza
◉ A client with active tuberculosis is admitted to the medical center.
The nurse recognizes that which of the following types of
precautions will be required upon admission of this client?
,Select one:
a. Airborne precautions
b. Droplet precautions
c. Contact precautions
d. Reverse isolation
Answer: a. Airborne precautions
◉ The parent of a preschool child asks the nurse how chickenpox
(caused by the varicella-zoster virus) is transmitted. The nurse
explains which of the following about the virus?
Select one:
a. It is carried by a vector organism.
b. It is carried though the air in droplets after sneezing or coughing.
c. It is transmitted through person-to-person contact.
d. It is acquired through contact with contaminated objects.
Answer: b. It is carried though the air in droplets after sneezing or
coughing.
◉ The nurse recognizes the appropriate procedures for sterile
asepsis. Of the following, which action is consistent with sterile
asepsis?
, Select one:
a. Clean forceps may be used to move items on the sterile field.
b. Sterile fields may be prepared well in advance of the procedures.
c. The first small amount of sterile solution should be poured and
discarded.
d. Wrapped sterile packages should be opened starting with the flap
closest to the nurse.
Answer: c. The first small amount of sterile solution should be
poured and discarded.
◉ The nursing assistant is learning how to use protective equipment
when caring for a client in isolation. The nursing assistant is
instructed in the correct sequence for putting on the protective
equipment. Which of the following describes the correct sequence?
Select one:
a. Wash her hands, apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown,
and then apply gloves.
b. Apply the mask and eyewear, put on the gown, wash her hands,
and then apply gloves.
c. Wash her hands, put on the gown, apply gloves, and then put on
mask and eyewear.
d. Put on the gown, apply the mask and eyewear, wash her hands,
and then apply gloves.
