HONDROS NURSING NUR 150
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● How does HAI spread
Answer: not hand washing, equipment
●● What PPE is worn for what isolation
Answer: Contact - gloves, gown
Droplet - mask, gloves, gown
standard precautions - gloves
●● What infections do we put in Contact isolation
Answer: VRE, MRSA, C-Diff (with hand washing)
●● What kind of precautions for Airborne
Answer: N-95, Hood
●● What are the rules for restraints
Answer: check circulation every 30min
release every 2 hours
, must have doctors order first
new Doctors order every 24 hours
●● What is best way to help with anxiety
Answer: sit with patient, listen, use therapeutic communication
●● What is HIPPA, how is it broken
Answer: -protects patients information
broken - posting on social media, looking up someone not your patient,
keeping computer open
●● What problems come from being immobile
Answer: weight loss, pressure sores, pneumonia
●● Who is at risk for HAI
Answer: elderly, immune compromised, low economical, children
●● What are the important rules for peri-care
Answer: privacy, explain procedure, only expose what you need to
●● Collaborative between nurses and doctors
Answer: decrease risk for injury, to avoid an event where patient has
died or sustained serious injury
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● How does HAI spread
Answer: not hand washing, equipment
●● What PPE is worn for what isolation
Answer: Contact - gloves, gown
Droplet - mask, gloves, gown
standard precautions - gloves
●● What infections do we put in Contact isolation
Answer: VRE, MRSA, C-Diff (with hand washing)
●● What kind of precautions for Airborne
Answer: N-95, Hood
●● What are the rules for restraints
Answer: check circulation every 30min
release every 2 hours
, must have doctors order first
new Doctors order every 24 hours
●● What is best way to help with anxiety
Answer: sit with patient, listen, use therapeutic communication
●● What is HIPPA, how is it broken
Answer: -protects patients information
broken - posting on social media, looking up someone not your patient,
keeping computer open
●● What problems come from being immobile
Answer: weight loss, pressure sores, pneumonia
●● Who is at risk for HAI
Answer: elderly, immune compromised, low economical, children
●● What are the important rules for peri-care
Answer: privacy, explain procedure, only expose what you need to
●● Collaborative between nurses and doctors
Answer: decrease risk for injury, to avoid an event where patient has
died or sustained serious injury
