NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
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What is the nurses role in infection control? - Correct
Answers ✅To provide a safe environment by minimizing
exposure to microorganisms that cause disease and infection.
What are the universal precautions? - Correct Answers ✅-
Procedures followed by all staff
-Approach to infection control
-Concept: all human blood and body fluids are treated as if
infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood borne pathogens
-Includes: use of Personal Protective Equipment, careful
handling/disposal of sharps, careful handling/cleaning of
contaminated equipment
What is the difference between medical asepsis and surgical
asepsis? - Correct Answers ✅-Medical asepsis: clean
technique including handwashing and use of clean
(nonsterile) gloves.
-Surgical asepsis: sterile technique.
What is Tier One of standard precautions? - Correct
Answers ✅-Protect against all blood and body secretions
and non-intact skin and membranes
-Wash hands after each patient contact, after contact with
blood or body secretions, and after removing gloves
-Wear gloves whenever you may come in contact with blood
and body secretions
,NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
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-Wear masks and eye protection when risk of splash exists
-Wear gown if clothing may become soiled
-Place contaminated linen and supplies into proper containers
according to agency policies
-Always utilize safety needle devices
-Place sharps in sharps containers
-Do not recap sharps
What is Tier Two of transmission-based precautions? -
Correct Answers ✅-For care of patients known or
suspected to be infected with microorganisms that could be
transmitted to others
-To prevent spread of infection to caregivers or other patients
What are the main types of transmission-based precautions? -
Correct Answers ✅-Airborne precautions
-Droplet precautions
-Contact precautions
-Neutropenia precautions
-Special consideration for C-Diff
What is airbone precaution like? - Correct Answers ✅-
Consider that they can travel long distances on air currents
and can remain suspended in air for long periods of time.
,NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
-Used with patients diagnosed with or suspected of being
infected with illnesses transmitted by very small airborne
particles
-Examples: TB, chickenpox, measles
-Barriers required: private room, negative airflow, respirator
or mask
What is droplet precaution like? - Correct Answers ✅-
Precautions used for diseases that are transmitted by larger
drops
-Transmission involves contact of the conjunctivae or the
mucous membranes of the nose or mouth
-Transmission occurs during coughing, sneezing, laughing,
etc.
-Droplets travel short distances through air-up to three feet
-Examples: pneumonia, pertussis, mumps, meningococcal
pneumonia, some streptococcal infections, influenza, rubella
-Precautions include: private room or cohort client, mask
when within 3 feet of patient
What is contact precaution like? - Correct Answers ✅-
Prevent transmission of diseases transmitted by direct
contact with the client or infected material.
-Examples: MRSA, VRE, lice, scabies, major draining wound,
skin, GI, or urinary infection, impetigo, conjunctivitis,
especially when the organism is resistant to antibiotics
, NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
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-Precautions include: the use of a private room or cohort
client, gloves and gown when potential to come in contact
with infected material
~Gown
~Gloves
~Wash hands
What is protective isolation like? - Correct Answers ✅-Also
referred to as "Reverse Isolation" or "Neutropenic
Precautions"
-Protect patient from organism carried in by the caregiver.
-In this case we are protecting the patient from organism
carried in by the caregiver
-E.g.: patients with low white blood cell counts r/t
cancer/chemo, burns, transplants, other immunosuppressed
states)
-Don isolation attire before entering room and remove it
outside the room
-The isolation attire needed is determined by the degree of
immunosuppression
-Have dedicated equipment in their room like BP cuff,
stethoscope, and thermometer.
What is the contact precautions for C.Diff? - Correct
Answers ✅-You should always wash your hands with soap
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
What is the nurses role in infection control? - Correct
Answers ✅To provide a safe environment by minimizing
exposure to microorganisms that cause disease and infection.
What are the universal precautions? - Correct Answers ✅-
Procedures followed by all staff
-Approach to infection control
-Concept: all human blood and body fluids are treated as if
infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood borne pathogens
-Includes: use of Personal Protective Equipment, careful
handling/disposal of sharps, careful handling/cleaning of
contaminated equipment
What is the difference between medical asepsis and surgical
asepsis? - Correct Answers ✅-Medical asepsis: clean
technique including handwashing and use of clean
(nonsterile) gloves.
-Surgical asepsis: sterile technique.
What is Tier One of standard precautions? - Correct
Answers ✅-Protect against all blood and body secretions
and non-intact skin and membranes
-Wash hands after each patient contact, after contact with
blood or body secretions, and after removing gloves
-Wear gloves whenever you may come in contact with blood
and body secretions
,NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
-Wear masks and eye protection when risk of splash exists
-Wear gown if clothing may become soiled
-Place contaminated linen and supplies into proper containers
according to agency policies
-Always utilize safety needle devices
-Place sharps in sharps containers
-Do not recap sharps
What is Tier Two of transmission-based precautions? -
Correct Answers ✅-For care of patients known or
suspected to be infected with microorganisms that could be
transmitted to others
-To prevent spread of infection to caregivers or other patients
What are the main types of transmission-based precautions? -
Correct Answers ✅-Airborne precautions
-Droplet precautions
-Contact precautions
-Neutropenia precautions
-Special consideration for C-Diff
What is airbone precaution like? - Correct Answers ✅-
Consider that they can travel long distances on air currents
and can remain suspended in air for long periods of time.
,NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
-Used with patients diagnosed with or suspected of being
infected with illnesses transmitted by very small airborne
particles
-Examples: TB, chickenpox, measles
-Barriers required: private room, negative airflow, respirator
or mask
What is droplet precaution like? - Correct Answers ✅-
Precautions used for diseases that are transmitted by larger
drops
-Transmission involves contact of the conjunctivae or the
mucous membranes of the nose or mouth
-Transmission occurs during coughing, sneezing, laughing,
etc.
-Droplets travel short distances through air-up to three feet
-Examples: pneumonia, pertussis, mumps, meningococcal
pneumonia, some streptococcal infections, influenza, rubella
-Precautions include: private room or cohort client, mask
when within 3 feet of patient
What is contact precaution like? - Correct Answers ✅-
Prevent transmission of diseases transmitted by direct
contact with the client or infected material.
-Examples: MRSA, VRE, lice, scabies, major draining wound,
skin, GI, or urinary infection, impetigo, conjunctivitis,
especially when the organism is resistant to antibiotics
, NUR 222 Final Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
-Precautions include: the use of a private room or cohort
client, gloves and gown when potential to come in contact
with infected material
~Gown
~Gloves
~Wash hands
What is protective isolation like? - Correct Answers ✅-Also
referred to as "Reverse Isolation" or "Neutropenic
Precautions"
-Protect patient from organism carried in by the caregiver.
-In this case we are protecting the patient from organism
carried in by the caregiver
-E.g.: patients with low white blood cell counts r/t
cancer/chemo, burns, transplants, other immunosuppressed
states)
-Don isolation attire before entering room and remove it
outside the room
-The isolation attire needed is determined by the degree of
immunosuppression
-Have dedicated equipment in their room like BP cuff,
stethoscope, and thermometer.
What is the contact precautions for C.Diff? - Correct
Answers ✅-You should always wash your hands with soap
