Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
Chapter 9 Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Factors that influence susceptibility to infection -
correct answer ✅Age
Nutritional status
Stress
Disease Processes
Medications and medical therapy
Factors that impair immune response
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) -
correct answer ✅An infection that is acquired in a hospital setting,
formerly known as a nosocomial infection
Staff, patients, and environmental factors support a high population
of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics
Chain of infection -
correct answer ✅Infectious agent (pathogen)
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Means of transmission
Portal of entry
,Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
Chapter 9 Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Susceptible host
Medical Asepsis -
correct answer ✅Practices designed to reduce the number and
transfer of pathogens; also known as clean technique
Hand hygiene, barrier techniques, and routine environmental
cleanings
Breaking the chain of infection: Reducing numbers of infectious
agent -
correct answer ✅Clean contaminated products
Clean, disinfect, sterilize
Breaking the chain of infection: Reservoir (site or source of
microorganism growth) -
correct answer ✅1. Hand hygiene before and after patient contact
2. Control sources of body fluids and drainage
3. Bathe patient with soap and water, chlorhexidine, disposable
bath
4. Change soiled dressings
, Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
Chapter 9 Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
5. Dispose of soiled tissues, dressings, linen in moisture-resistant
bags
6. Syringes, uncapped hypodermic needles, IV needles in
designated pucture-proof containers
7. Clean and dry surfaces
8. Do not leave bottled solutions open
9. Keep solutions tightly capped
10. Keep surgical wound drainage tubes and collection bags patent
11. Empty and dispose of drainage suction bottles according to
agency policy
Breaking the Chain of Infection: Portal of Exit (means by which
microorganisms leave a site) -
correct answer ✅Respiratory
1. Avoid talking, sneezing, coughing directly over wound or sterile
dressing field
2. Cover nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing
3. Wear mask if suffering respiratory tract infection
Urine, feces, emesis, and blood
Chapter 9 Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Factors that influence susceptibility to infection -
correct answer ✅Age
Nutritional status
Stress
Disease Processes
Medications and medical therapy
Factors that impair immune response
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) -
correct answer ✅An infection that is acquired in a hospital setting,
formerly known as a nosocomial infection
Staff, patients, and environmental factors support a high population
of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics
Chain of infection -
correct answer ✅Infectious agent (pathogen)
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Means of transmission
Portal of entry
,Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
Chapter 9 Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Susceptible host
Medical Asepsis -
correct answer ✅Practices designed to reduce the number and
transfer of pathogens; also known as clean technique
Hand hygiene, barrier techniques, and routine environmental
cleanings
Breaking the chain of infection: Reducing numbers of infectious
agent -
correct answer ✅Clean contaminated products
Clean, disinfect, sterilize
Breaking the chain of infection: Reservoir (site or source of
microorganism growth) -
correct answer ✅1. Hand hygiene before and after patient contact
2. Control sources of body fluids and drainage
3. Bathe patient with soap and water, chlorhexidine, disposable
bath
4. Change soiled dressings
, Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
Chapter 9 Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
5. Dispose of soiled tissues, dressings, linen in moisture-resistant
bags
6. Syringes, uncapped hypodermic needles, IV needles in
designated pucture-proof containers
7. Clean and dry surfaces
8. Do not leave bottled solutions open
9. Keep solutions tightly capped
10. Keep surgical wound drainage tubes and collection bags patent
11. Empty and dispose of drainage suction bottles according to
agency policy
Breaking the Chain of Infection: Portal of Exit (means by which
microorganisms leave a site) -
correct answer ✅Respiratory
1. Avoid talking, sneezing, coughing directly over wound or sterile
dressing field
2. Cover nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing
3. Wear mask if suffering respiratory tract infection
Urine, feces, emesis, and blood
