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Davis Advantage Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and
Caring 3rd Edition Treas Wilkinson Test Bank
The nurse is assessing a client with a high fever and chills. What should be
included in the
assessment? Select all that apply.
- Risk for compromised immune system
- Abnormal white blood cell count
- Regularity of bowel movements
- Drainage from wounds
- History of fevers - (ANSWER)Risk for compromised immune system
Abnormal white blood cell count
Drainage from wounds
History of fevers
Which objects are at greatest risk for infection transfer in the healthcare
environment? Select all that
apply.
- Healthcare workers
- Artificial fingernails
- Vital sign equipment
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- Dietary trays
- Public restrooms - (ANSWER)Healthcare workers
Artificial fingernails
Vital sign equipment
A client is asking the nurse how he contracted a multidrug-resistant
microorganism in his foot
wound. What factors likely contributed? Select all that apply.
- Previous use of antibiotics
- Advanced age
- First exposure to the hospital environment
- Chronic illness
- Incorrect dosing of antibiotics - (ANSWER)Previous use of antibiotics
Advanced age
Chronic illness
The nurse is teaching a group of elementary students about infection prevention.
Which factors
should be included in the discussion? Select all that apply
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- Importance of washing hands
- Eating a diet with vitamin C at each meal
- Regular physical activity
- Getting an annual influenza immunization
- Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night - (ANSWER)Importance of washing hands
Regular physical activity
Getting an annual influenza immunization
Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night
The nurse needs an IV pole to begin a new medication for a client. There is a pole
in another client's
room that is not in use. What should be the nurse's next action?
- Ask whether the pole has been cleaned.
- Take the pole and begin using it.
- Disinfect the pole and begin using it.
- Send the pole to the sterilizing department - (ANSWER)Disinfect the pole and
begin using it.
A client is admitted to the hospital with bloody sputum and night sweats, signs of
tuberculosis. Which
precautions must the nurse institute immediately?
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- Droplet
- Airborne
- Contact
- Protective - (ANSWER)Airborne
The client has developed kidney infection following a bladder infection from the
urinary catheter.
How would the nurse describe this? Select all that apply.
- Local
- Systemic
- Primary
- Secondary
- Healthcare-related - (ANSWER)Local
Secondary
Healthcare-related
How should the nurse deliver the breakfast tray to the bedside of a client in
airborne isolation?
Davis Advantage Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and
Caring 3rd Edition Treas Wilkinson Test Bank
The nurse is assessing a client with a high fever and chills. What should be
included in the
assessment? Select all that apply.
- Risk for compromised immune system
- Abnormal white blood cell count
- Regularity of bowel movements
- Drainage from wounds
- History of fevers - (ANSWER)Risk for compromised immune system
Abnormal white blood cell count
Drainage from wounds
History of fevers
Which objects are at greatest risk for infection transfer in the healthcare
environment? Select all that
apply.
- Healthcare workers
- Artificial fingernails
- Vital sign equipment
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- Dietary trays
- Public restrooms - (ANSWER)Healthcare workers
Artificial fingernails
Vital sign equipment
A client is asking the nurse how he contracted a multidrug-resistant
microorganism in his foot
wound. What factors likely contributed? Select all that apply.
- Previous use of antibiotics
- Advanced age
- First exposure to the hospital environment
- Chronic illness
- Incorrect dosing of antibiotics - (ANSWER)Previous use of antibiotics
Advanced age
Chronic illness
The nurse is teaching a group of elementary students about infection prevention.
Which factors
should be included in the discussion? Select all that apply
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- Importance of washing hands
- Eating a diet with vitamin C at each meal
- Regular physical activity
- Getting an annual influenza immunization
- Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night - (ANSWER)Importance of washing hands
Regular physical activity
Getting an annual influenza immunization
Sleeping 6 to 9 hours a night
The nurse needs an IV pole to begin a new medication for a client. There is a pole
in another client's
room that is not in use. What should be the nurse's next action?
- Ask whether the pole has been cleaned.
- Take the pole and begin using it.
- Disinfect the pole and begin using it.
- Send the pole to the sterilizing department - (ANSWER)Disinfect the pole and
begin using it.
A client is admitted to the hospital with bloody sputum and night sweats, signs of
tuberculosis. Which
precautions must the nurse institute immediately?
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- Droplet
- Airborne
- Contact
- Protective - (ANSWER)Airborne
The client has developed kidney infection following a bladder infection from the
urinary catheter.
How would the nurse describe this? Select all that apply.
- Local
- Systemic
- Primary
- Secondary
- Healthcare-related - (ANSWER)Local
Secondary
Healthcare-related
How should the nurse deliver the breakfast tray to the bedside of a client in
airborne isolation?
