Nursing Fundamentals NUR108 Test 1 – Practice Questions and Answers Study
Guide Fall 2025
"Antibiotics have no effect on viruses." - ✔✔A client with an upper respiratory infection
(common cold) tells the nurse, "I am so angry with the nurse practitioner because he would not
give me any antibiotics." What would be the most accurate response by the nurse?
- "Let me talk to him and see what we can do."
- "Antibiotics have no effect on viruses."
- "I know what you mean; you need an antibiotic."
- "Do you really think you need an antibiotic?"
Practicing hand hygiene - ✔✔Of all possible nursing interventions to break the chain of
infection, which is the most effective?
- Administering medications
- Providing good skin care
- Wearing gloves at all times
- Practicing hand hygiene
,Prodromal stage - ✔✔A college-aged student has influenza. At what stage of the infection is
the student most infectious?
- Full stage of illness
- Prodromal stage
- Incubation period
- Covalescent period
An older adult with several chronic illnesses - ✔✔A nurse has several clients at a community
health center. Which of the clients would be most at risk for developing an infection?
- An infant who has just received first immunizations
- A middle-aged adult with joint pain and stiffness
- An adolescent who had a basketball physical
- An older adult with several chronic illnesses
Urinary catheterization - ✔✔The following procedures have been ordered and implemented
for a hospitalized client. Which procedure carries the greatest risk for a nosocomial infection?
- Enema
, - Intramuscular injections
- Urinary catheterization
- Heat lamp
Avoid jewelry with prongs or protruding stones. - ✔✔What are the general nursing care
guidelines that the nurse should follow when caring for clients in a health care facility?
- Avoid jewelry with prongs or protruding stones.
- Isolate the client and keep the room door closed.
- Avoid physical contact with the infected client.
- Shake linens properly when changing the beds.
Standard precautions - ✔✔A nurse is changing the bed linen of a routine client admitted to the
health care facility. Which of the following isolation precautions should the nurse follow?
- Standard precautions
- Airborne precautions
- Droplet precautions
- Contact precautions
Guide Fall 2025
"Antibiotics have no effect on viruses." - ✔✔A client with an upper respiratory infection
(common cold) tells the nurse, "I am so angry with the nurse practitioner because he would not
give me any antibiotics." What would be the most accurate response by the nurse?
- "Let me talk to him and see what we can do."
- "Antibiotics have no effect on viruses."
- "I know what you mean; you need an antibiotic."
- "Do you really think you need an antibiotic?"
Practicing hand hygiene - ✔✔Of all possible nursing interventions to break the chain of
infection, which is the most effective?
- Administering medications
- Providing good skin care
- Wearing gloves at all times
- Practicing hand hygiene
,Prodromal stage - ✔✔A college-aged student has influenza. At what stage of the infection is
the student most infectious?
- Full stage of illness
- Prodromal stage
- Incubation period
- Covalescent period
An older adult with several chronic illnesses - ✔✔A nurse has several clients at a community
health center. Which of the clients would be most at risk for developing an infection?
- An infant who has just received first immunizations
- A middle-aged adult with joint pain and stiffness
- An adolescent who had a basketball physical
- An older adult with several chronic illnesses
Urinary catheterization - ✔✔The following procedures have been ordered and implemented
for a hospitalized client. Which procedure carries the greatest risk for a nosocomial infection?
- Enema
, - Intramuscular injections
- Urinary catheterization
- Heat lamp
Avoid jewelry with prongs or protruding stones. - ✔✔What are the general nursing care
guidelines that the nurse should follow when caring for clients in a health care facility?
- Avoid jewelry with prongs or protruding stones.
- Isolate the client and keep the room door closed.
- Avoid physical contact with the infected client.
- Shake linens properly when changing the beds.
Standard precautions - ✔✔A nurse is changing the bed linen of a routine client admitted to the
health care facility. Which of the following isolation precautions should the nurse follow?
- Standard precautions
- Airborne precautions
- Droplet precautions
- Contact precautions
