NUR 209 CHAPTER 23 ASEPSIS – FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & REVIEW 2026/2027
A nurse is adding a sterile solution to a sterile field and has just opened the bottle according to
manufacturer's directions. What is the next step? (Page 568) - correct answer ✔✔Hold the bottle
outside the edge of the sterile field with the label side facing the palm of the hand and prepare to pour
from a height of 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm).
When a nurse picks up a client's contaminated tissue without gloves and fails to wash the hands
sufficiently, the nurse provides for the client's organisms to be spread by which type of transmission?
(page 534) - correct answer ✔✔Contact
A nurse changing the linens of a patient bed is exposed to urine and performs hand hygiene. Which of
the following is a guideline for performing this skill properly following this patient encounter? (page 559)
- correct answer ✔✔Keep hands lower than elbows to allow water to flow toward fingertips.
An infection-control nurse is discussing needlestick injuries with a group of newly hired nurses. The
infection control nurse informs the group that most needlestick injuries result from: (page 552) - correct
answer ✔✔recapping a needle.
The nurse working with the hospital's infection control team is attempting to decrease the transmission
of health care-associated pathogens. Which of the following will be most effective? (page 540) - correct
answer ✔✔Incentivizing health care workers to utilize hand hygiene
An acute medicine unit of a hospital currently has a number of clients who have tested positive for
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Which measures should the nursing staff prioritize in
preventing the spread of MRSA to clients who are currently MRSA-negative? (page 545) - correct answer
✔✔diligent handwashing practices
A nurse is explaining the different procedures used to break the chain of infection to a nursing student.
In which link in the chain of infection should a nurse provide special attention to the respiratory and
gastrointestinal tracts? (page 534) - correct answer ✔✔exit route
A nurse follows surgical asepsis techniques for inserting an indwelling urinary catheter in a client. What
is an accurate guideline for using this technique? (page 553) - correct answer ✔✔Hold sterile objects
above waist level to prevent inadvertent contamination.
A client has an inguinal hernia repair and later develops a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infection. What is the most important factor to prevent this infection? (page 540) - correct
answer ✔✔Surgical asepsis
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? (page 535) - correct answer ✔✔Indwelling catheter
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & REVIEW 2026/2027
A nurse is adding a sterile solution to a sterile field and has just opened the bottle according to
manufacturer's directions. What is the next step? (Page 568) - correct answer ✔✔Hold the bottle
outside the edge of the sterile field with the label side facing the palm of the hand and prepare to pour
from a height of 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm).
When a nurse picks up a client's contaminated tissue without gloves and fails to wash the hands
sufficiently, the nurse provides for the client's organisms to be spread by which type of transmission?
(page 534) - correct answer ✔✔Contact
A nurse changing the linens of a patient bed is exposed to urine and performs hand hygiene. Which of
the following is a guideline for performing this skill properly following this patient encounter? (page 559)
- correct answer ✔✔Keep hands lower than elbows to allow water to flow toward fingertips.
An infection-control nurse is discussing needlestick injuries with a group of newly hired nurses. The
infection control nurse informs the group that most needlestick injuries result from: (page 552) - correct
answer ✔✔recapping a needle.
The nurse working with the hospital's infection control team is attempting to decrease the transmission
of health care-associated pathogens. Which of the following will be most effective? (page 540) - correct
answer ✔✔Incentivizing health care workers to utilize hand hygiene
An acute medicine unit of a hospital currently has a number of clients who have tested positive for
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Which measures should the nursing staff prioritize in
preventing the spread of MRSA to clients who are currently MRSA-negative? (page 545) - correct answer
✔✔diligent handwashing practices
A nurse is explaining the different procedures used to break the chain of infection to a nursing student.
In which link in the chain of infection should a nurse provide special attention to the respiratory and
gastrointestinal tracts? (page 534) - correct answer ✔✔exit route
A nurse follows surgical asepsis techniques for inserting an indwelling urinary catheter in a client. What
is an accurate guideline for using this technique? (page 553) - correct answer ✔✔Hold sterile objects
above waist level to prevent inadvertent contamination.
A client has an inguinal hernia repair and later develops a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infection. What is the most important factor to prevent this infection? (page 540) - correct
answer ✔✔Surgical asepsis
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? (page 535) - correct answer ✔✔Indwelling catheter
