NUR 240 EXAM Multiple Choices
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1. A school nurse is performing an assessment of a student who
states: "I'm too tired to keep my head up in class." The student has
a low-grade fever. The nurse would interpret these findings as
indicating which stage of infection?
A) Incubation period
B) Prodromal stage
C) Full stage of illness
D) Convalescent period
- ANS - B) Prodromal stage
2. To eliminate needlesticks as potential hazards to nurses, the nurse
should:
- ANS - Immediately deposit uncapped needles into puncture-proof
plastic container.
3. The nurse is donning a pair of sterile gloves. The nurse correctly
dons the first glove, but inadvertently inserts the thumb and index
finger into the thumb hole of the second glove. The glove remains
intact. Which action is most appropriate?
- ANS - Continue to don the glove, then use the other gloved hand
to carefully insert the finger into the proper hole.
, 4. Nurses use medical asepsis, or clean technique, in practice to
reduce the number and transfer of pathogens. Which of the
following are principles of this practice? Select all that apply.
- ANS - Clean the least soiled areas first and then move to the more
soiled ones.
5. Use personal grooming habits, such as shampooing hair often, to
prevent spreading microorganisms.
6. Upon review of a client's microbiology culture results, the nurse
recognizes which organism as indicative of normal flora?
- ANS - Escherichia coli in the intestinal tract
7. The nurse is assessing a client admitted from a long-term facility.
Which assessment finding could indicate an increased risk for
infection? (Select all that apply.)
- ANS - weakened cough reflex
8. diminished pedal pulses
9. cool, pale skin
10. A nurse is taking stock of the equipment in the room of an
older adult client with pneumonia who has been on parenteral
nutrition for a long time. Which equipment can transmit infection
to older adult clients?
- ANS - Indwelling catheter
11. The nurses on a busy surgical ward use hand hygiene when
caring for postsurgical patients. Which action represents the
Questions with correct Answers
Latest 2025/2026 Complete
1. A school nurse is performing an assessment of a student who
states: "I'm too tired to keep my head up in class." The student has
a low-grade fever. The nurse would interpret these findings as
indicating which stage of infection?
A) Incubation period
B) Prodromal stage
C) Full stage of illness
D) Convalescent period
- ANS - B) Prodromal stage
2. To eliminate needlesticks as potential hazards to nurses, the nurse
should:
- ANS - Immediately deposit uncapped needles into puncture-proof
plastic container.
3. The nurse is donning a pair of sterile gloves. The nurse correctly
dons the first glove, but inadvertently inserts the thumb and index
finger into the thumb hole of the second glove. The glove remains
intact. Which action is most appropriate?
- ANS - Continue to don the glove, then use the other gloved hand
to carefully insert the finger into the proper hole.
, 4. Nurses use medical asepsis, or clean technique, in practice to
reduce the number and transfer of pathogens. Which of the
following are principles of this practice? Select all that apply.
- ANS - Clean the least soiled areas first and then move to the more
soiled ones.
5. Use personal grooming habits, such as shampooing hair often, to
prevent spreading microorganisms.
6. Upon review of a client's microbiology culture results, the nurse
recognizes which organism as indicative of normal flora?
- ANS - Escherichia coli in the intestinal tract
7. The nurse is assessing a client admitted from a long-term facility.
Which assessment finding could indicate an increased risk for
infection? (Select all that apply.)
- ANS - weakened cough reflex
8. diminished pedal pulses
9. cool, pale skin
10. A nurse is taking stock of the equipment in the room of an
older adult client with pneumonia who has been on parenteral
nutrition for a long time. Which equipment can transmit infection
to older adult clients?
- ANS - Indwelling catheter
11. The nurses on a busy surgical ward use hand hygiene when
caring for postsurgical patients. Which action represents the
