ATI RN Fundamentals: Safety & Infection
Control Practice Questions with Rationales
EXAM PRACTICE 250 QUESTIONS
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1. A nurse is preparing to enter a client’s room. Which action is
most appropriate before providing care?
A. Apply sterile gloves
B. Perform hand hygiene
C. Put on an N95 respirator
D. Apply a surgical mask
Answer: B. Perform hand hygiene
Hand hygiene is performed before client contact to reduce
transmission of microorganisms. Gloves do not replace hand hygiene.
2. Which situation requires the nurse to wash hands with soap and
water rather than relying solely on an alcohol-based hand rub?
A. Before taking a blood pressure
B. After touching intact skin
C. When hands are visibly soiled
D. Before administering oral medication
Answer: C. When hands are visibly soiled
,Soap and water are required when hands are visibly dirty or
contaminated with certain organisms, such as Clostridioides difficile
spores.
3. A nurse removes a pair of gloves after providing wound care.
What should the nurse do next?
A. Apply a new pair of gloves
B. Perform hand hygiene
C. Document the procedure
D. Leave the room immediately
Answer: B. Perform hand hygiene
Gloves can become contaminated during care and may have
microscopic defects. Hand hygiene is required after glove removal.
4. Which action contaminates a sterile field?
A. Keeping sterile supplies above waist level
B. Opening a sterile package away from the body
C. Reaching over the sterile field
D. Keeping the sterile field in view
Answer: C. Reaching over the sterile field
Reaching over a sterile field can allow microorganisms or particles
from clothing and the body to contaminate the field.
5. A nurse is performing hand hygiene. Which technique is
appropriate?
A. Rinse hands before applying soap
B. Scrub only the palms
C. Clean between the fingers
D. Dry hands using the uniform
,Answer: C. Clean between the fingers
Effective hand hygiene includes the palms, backs of the hands,
fingers, thumbs, and areas between the fingers.
6. Which item should the nurse consider contaminated after
touching a client with a multidrug-resistant organism?
A. The client's intact skin
B. The inside of a sterile package
C. The clean medication cart
D. The sterile dressing inside its package
Answer: A. The client's intact skin
The client's skin can harbor microorganisms even when there is no
visible infection.
7. Which intervention is part of standard precautions?
A. Using precautions only for clients with known infections
B. Treating all blood and body fluids as potentially infectious
C. Placing every client in a private room
D. Wearing an N95 respirator for every client
Answer: B. Treating all blood and body fluids as potentially
infectious
Standard precautions are used for all clients and assume that certain
body fluids may contain infectious organisms.
8. A nurse accidentally touches a contaminated surface while
wearing gloves. What should the nurse do?
A. Continue care because the gloves are still intact
B. Wipe the gloves with alcohol
, C. Remove the gloves and perform hand hygiene
D. Place another pair of gloves over the contaminated gloves
Answer: C. Remove the gloves and perform hand hygiene
Contaminated gloves can transfer microorganisms. They should be
removed and hand hygiene performed.
9. Which client-care activity requires gloves under standard
precautions?
A. Measuring oral temperature
B. Feeding an independent client
C. Emptying a urinary drainage bag
D. Taking an apical pulse
Answer: C. Emptying a urinary drainage bag
Gloves are indicated when contact with urine or other potentially
infectious body fluids is anticipated.
10. A nurse is assisting with oral hygiene for an unconscious client.
Which personal protective equipment is most appropriate when
secretions may splash?
A. Gloves only
B. Gloves and eye/face protection
C. Sterile gown only
D. Shoe covers only
Answer: B. Gloves and eye/face protection
Gloves protect the hands, while eye and face protection reduces
exposure to potentially infectious secretions.
Control Practice Questions with Rationales
EXAM PRACTICE 250 QUESTIONS
|ORIGINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
|DETAILED RATIONALES |HINTED
COMPLETE EXAM PREP GRADED
A+*INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF
1. A nurse is preparing to enter a client’s room. Which action is
most appropriate before providing care?
A. Apply sterile gloves
B. Perform hand hygiene
C. Put on an N95 respirator
D. Apply a surgical mask
Answer: B. Perform hand hygiene
Hand hygiene is performed before client contact to reduce
transmission of microorganisms. Gloves do not replace hand hygiene.
2. Which situation requires the nurse to wash hands with soap and
water rather than relying solely on an alcohol-based hand rub?
A. Before taking a blood pressure
B. After touching intact skin
C. When hands are visibly soiled
D. Before administering oral medication
Answer: C. When hands are visibly soiled
,Soap and water are required when hands are visibly dirty or
contaminated with certain organisms, such as Clostridioides difficile
spores.
3. A nurse removes a pair of gloves after providing wound care.
What should the nurse do next?
A. Apply a new pair of gloves
B. Perform hand hygiene
C. Document the procedure
D. Leave the room immediately
Answer: B. Perform hand hygiene
Gloves can become contaminated during care and may have
microscopic defects. Hand hygiene is required after glove removal.
4. Which action contaminates a sterile field?
A. Keeping sterile supplies above waist level
B. Opening a sterile package away from the body
C. Reaching over the sterile field
D. Keeping the sterile field in view
Answer: C. Reaching over the sterile field
Reaching over a sterile field can allow microorganisms or particles
from clothing and the body to contaminate the field.
5. A nurse is performing hand hygiene. Which technique is
appropriate?
A. Rinse hands before applying soap
B. Scrub only the palms
C. Clean between the fingers
D. Dry hands using the uniform
,Answer: C. Clean between the fingers
Effective hand hygiene includes the palms, backs of the hands,
fingers, thumbs, and areas between the fingers.
6. Which item should the nurse consider contaminated after
touching a client with a multidrug-resistant organism?
A. The client's intact skin
B. The inside of a sterile package
C. The clean medication cart
D. The sterile dressing inside its package
Answer: A. The client's intact skin
The client's skin can harbor microorganisms even when there is no
visible infection.
7. Which intervention is part of standard precautions?
A. Using precautions only for clients with known infections
B. Treating all blood and body fluids as potentially infectious
C. Placing every client in a private room
D. Wearing an N95 respirator for every client
Answer: B. Treating all blood and body fluids as potentially
infectious
Standard precautions are used for all clients and assume that certain
body fluids may contain infectious organisms.
8. A nurse accidentally touches a contaminated surface while
wearing gloves. What should the nurse do?
A. Continue care because the gloves are still intact
B. Wipe the gloves with alcohol
, C. Remove the gloves and perform hand hygiene
D. Place another pair of gloves over the contaminated gloves
Answer: C. Remove the gloves and perform hand hygiene
Contaminated gloves can transfer microorganisms. They should be
removed and hand hygiene performed.
9. Which client-care activity requires gloves under standard
precautions?
A. Measuring oral temperature
B. Feeding an independent client
C. Emptying a urinary drainage bag
D. Taking an apical pulse
Answer: C. Emptying a urinary drainage bag
Gloves are indicated when contact with urine or other potentially
infectious body fluids is anticipated.
10. A nurse is assisting with oral hygiene for an unconscious client.
Which personal protective equipment is most appropriate when
secretions may splash?
A. Gloves only
B. Gloves and eye/face protection
C. Sterile gown only
D. Shoe covers only
Answer: B. Gloves and eye/face protection
Gloves protect the hands, while eye and face protection reduces
exposure to potentially infectious secretions.
