NUR 231 final exam Questions and answers. Latest 2022

NUR 231 final exam Questions and answers. Latest 2022 How long do you perform hand hygiene? - Ans-10-15 seconds Standard Precautions - Ans-apply to blood, all body fluid, secretions, excretions, nonintact skin, and mucous membranes What do you wash hands with when they are visibly dirty, contaminated with proteinaceous material, or visibly soiled with blood or body fluids? - Ans-either a nonantimicrobial soap and water or an antimicrobial soap and water Transmission-Based Precautions (Tier 2) - Ans-Airborne Precautions, contact precautions, and droplet precautions Airborne precautions - Ans-for patients known or suspected to have serious illnesses transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei Examples: measles, varicella, TB Droplet Precautions - Ans-for patients cted to have serious illnesses transmitted by large particle droplets Example: meningitis, pneumonia Contact precautions - Ans-for patients known/suspected to have serious illnesses easily transmitted by direct patient contact or by contact with items in patient's environment Definition of asepsis - Ans-absence of pathogenic microorganism Medical Asepsis - clean Surgical Asepsis - sterile