NURS 316 MIDTERM 2026 TEST
BANK COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Why is it important to follow standard precautions with all clients?
Answer: 1. Reduces the transmission of microorganisms in healthcare
settings (1/20 patients will contract Health Associated Infection (HAI))
2. Protects both the patient and the healthcare worker
◉ What are the 5 steps to don personal protective equipment (PPE)?
Answer: 1. Hand hygiene
2. Don gown
3. Don mask
4. Don goggles or face shield
5. Don gloves (over cuffs of gown)
◉ What are the 5 steps to doff personal protective equipment?
Answer: 1. Doff gloves
2. Doff goggles or face shield
3. Doff gown
4. Doff mask
5. Hand hygiene
,◉ What are the 3 transmission-based precautions?
Answer: Contact, droplet, airborne
◉ Why are contact precautions used?
Answer: used for reducing the risk of transmission for pathogens
through physical contact
-working with patients known or suspected to be infected with
microorganisms that can be transmitted through direct or indirect contact
◉ What 4 precautions are used in contact precautions?
Answer: 1. Private room preferred (no special ventilation required- room
may stay open); 2. gloves (always), gown (direct contact with patient
3. gown and gloves removed before leaving room)
4. dedicate patient-care equipment
◉ Why are droplet precautions used?
Answer: Used to reduce risk of droplet transmission of infectious agents
- patients with bacterial pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, viral influenza,
mumps, rubella, strep
◉ What 3 precautions are used in droplet precautions?
,Answer: 1. Private room preferred (no special ventilation required -
room may stay open); 2. face mask (don before entering the room)
3. gloves, gown (if direct contact- gown and gloves removed before
leaving room)
◉ Why are airborne precautions used?
Answer: Reducing the risk of airborne transmission of infectious
diseases
- patients with Measles, varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox, shingles),
Legionella infection, TB
◉ What 4 precautions are used in airborne precautions?
Answer: 1. Private isolation room required; room must have negative air
pressure in relation to outside corridor
2. clinicians don approved respirator (upon entering room)
3. spraying of respiratory fluids anticipated don gloves, gown, face
shield, goggles
4. patient only leave for things that cannot be done inside room
◉ Provide rationale (4) for the need to measure, monitor, and record a
client's vital signs
Answer: 1. Vital signs provide critical information regarding a patient's
current or changing physiological status
, 2. Make sure client is stable for intervention
3. Vital signs are skilled interventions (show activity tolerance, training
a person with cardiac concerns about target heart rate)
4. Rehab professionals are actively engaged with parents in mobility and
are well-positioned to observe changes in patient's physiological status
◉ What are the 3 most common sites for pulse?
Answer: 1. Radial
2. Carotid
3. Brachial
◉ What is tachycardia?
Answer: rapid heart rate (greater than 100 bpm- resting)
◉ What is bradycardia?
Answer: slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm-resting)
◉ What is the normal respiration rate for adults?
Answer: 12-20 breaths per minute
◉ What is systolic blood pressure?
Answer: pressure at ventricular contraction, pushing blood into aorta
BANK COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Why is it important to follow standard precautions with all clients?
Answer: 1. Reduces the transmission of microorganisms in healthcare
settings (1/20 patients will contract Health Associated Infection (HAI))
2. Protects both the patient and the healthcare worker
◉ What are the 5 steps to don personal protective equipment (PPE)?
Answer: 1. Hand hygiene
2. Don gown
3. Don mask
4. Don goggles or face shield
5. Don gloves (over cuffs of gown)
◉ What are the 5 steps to doff personal protective equipment?
Answer: 1. Doff gloves
2. Doff goggles or face shield
3. Doff gown
4. Doff mask
5. Hand hygiene
,◉ What are the 3 transmission-based precautions?
Answer: Contact, droplet, airborne
◉ Why are contact precautions used?
Answer: used for reducing the risk of transmission for pathogens
through physical contact
-working with patients known or suspected to be infected with
microorganisms that can be transmitted through direct or indirect contact
◉ What 4 precautions are used in contact precautions?
Answer: 1. Private room preferred (no special ventilation required- room
may stay open); 2. gloves (always), gown (direct contact with patient
3. gown and gloves removed before leaving room)
4. dedicate patient-care equipment
◉ Why are droplet precautions used?
Answer: Used to reduce risk of droplet transmission of infectious agents
- patients with bacterial pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, viral influenza,
mumps, rubella, strep
◉ What 3 precautions are used in droplet precautions?
,Answer: 1. Private room preferred (no special ventilation required -
room may stay open); 2. face mask (don before entering the room)
3. gloves, gown (if direct contact- gown and gloves removed before
leaving room)
◉ Why are airborne precautions used?
Answer: Reducing the risk of airborne transmission of infectious
diseases
- patients with Measles, varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox, shingles),
Legionella infection, TB
◉ What 4 precautions are used in airborne precautions?
Answer: 1. Private isolation room required; room must have negative air
pressure in relation to outside corridor
2. clinicians don approved respirator (upon entering room)
3. spraying of respiratory fluids anticipated don gloves, gown, face
shield, goggles
4. patient only leave for things that cannot be done inside room
◉ Provide rationale (4) for the need to measure, monitor, and record a
client's vital signs
Answer: 1. Vital signs provide critical information regarding a patient's
current or changing physiological status
, 2. Make sure client is stable for intervention
3. Vital signs are skilled interventions (show activity tolerance, training
a person with cardiac concerns about target heart rate)
4. Rehab professionals are actively engaged with parents in mobility and
are well-positioned to observe changes in patient's physiological status
◉ What are the 3 most common sites for pulse?
Answer: 1. Radial
2. Carotid
3. Brachial
◉ What is tachycardia?
Answer: rapid heart rate (greater than 100 bpm- resting)
◉ What is bradycardia?
Answer: slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm-resting)
◉ What is the normal respiration rate for adults?
Answer: 12-20 breaths per minute
◉ What is systolic blood pressure?
Answer: pressure at ventricular contraction, pushing blood into aorta
