NUR /
105
/ /
Midterm
/ /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
1. /
/To /
/assess /
/the /
/apical /
/pulse, /
/the /
/nurse /
/should /
/place /
/the /
/stethoscope /
/at /
/which /
/location /
/on /
/the /
/left //side //of //the //client's //chest? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a. //Between //the //5th //and //6th //ribs
An /
/older /
/adult /
/woman /
/has /
/been /
/in /
/the /
,/hospital /
/for /
/more /
/than //
1/
/week. /
/While /
/assessing /
/her /
/intravenous /
/catheter /
/port, /
/the /
/nurse /
/finds //a //staph //infection, //which //has //developed //in //the //past //day //or //so. //This //infection //is //an
//example //of //which //type //of //infection? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Health //care-
associated //infection
The /
/nurse /
/prepared /
/the /
/sterile /
/tray /
/for //in //dwelling //catheter //insertion //while //wearing //sterile //gloves. //The //nurse //then //pulls //the
//client's /
/blankets /
/away /
/from /
/the /
/pelvis /
/to /
/begin /
/catheter /
/insertion. /
/What /
,/action /
/should //the //nurse //take //next? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Change //into //a //new //pair //of //gloves
Which /
/includes /
/practices /
/used /
/to /
/render /
/and /
/keep /
/objects //and //areas //free //from //microorganisms? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Surgical //asepsis
Which /
/are /
/basic /
/principles /
/of /
/surgical /
/asepsis? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //consider //the //outer //inch //edge //of //a //sterile //field //to //be //contaminated //
never //turn //the //back //on //a //sterile //field //
only //a //sterile //object //can //touch //another //sterile //object
The /
/nurse /
/determines /
/that /
/the /
/sterile /
/field /
/has /
/been /
, /contaminated /
/when /
/which /
/action //occurs? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //the //nurse //turns //his //or //her //back //to //the //field
The /
/nurse /
/prepared /
/for //
a/
/sterile /
/dressing /
/change /
/on /
/one /
/end /
/of /
/the /
/table /
/by /
/opening //
a/
/sterile /
/field /
/and /
/dropping /
/the /
/supplies /
/onto /
/it. /
/The /
/nurse /
/needs /
/to /
/gather /
/additional /
/supplies /
105
/ /
Midterm
/ /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // //
1. /
/To /
/assess /
/the /
/apical /
/pulse, /
/the /
/nurse /
/should /
/place /
/the /
/stethoscope /
/at /
/which /
/location /
/on /
/the /
/left //side //of //the //client's //chest? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a. //Between //the //5th //and //6th //ribs
An /
/older /
/adult /
/woman /
/has /
/been /
/in /
/the /
,/hospital /
/for /
/more /
/than //
1/
/week. /
/While /
/assessing /
/her /
/intravenous /
/catheter /
/port, /
/the /
/nurse /
/finds //a //staph //infection, //which //has //developed //in //the //past //day //or //so. //This //infection //is //an
//example //of //which //type //of //infection? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Health //care-
associated //infection
The /
/nurse /
/prepared /
/the /
/sterile /
/tray /
/for //in //dwelling //catheter //insertion //while //wearing //sterile //gloves. //The //nurse //then //pulls //the
//client's /
/blankets /
/away /
/from /
/the /
/pelvis /
/to /
/begin /
/catheter /
/insertion. /
/What /
,/action /
/should //the //nurse //take //next? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Change //into //a //new //pair //of //gloves
Which /
/includes /
/practices /
/used /
/to /
/render /
/and /
/keep /
/objects //and //areas //free //from //microorganisms? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Surgical //asepsis
Which /
/are /
/basic /
/principles /
/of /
/surgical /
/asepsis? //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //consider //the //outer //inch //edge //of //a //sterile //field //to //be //contaminated //
never //turn //the //back //on //a //sterile //field //
only //a //sterile //object //can //touch //another //sterile //object
The /
/nurse /
/determines /
/that /
/the /
/sterile /
/field /
/has /
/been /
, /contaminated /
/when /
/which /
/action //occurs? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //the //nurse //turns //his //or //her //back //to //the //field
The /
/nurse /
/prepared /
/for //
a/
/sterile /
/dressing /
/change /
/on /
/one /
/end /
/of /
/the /
/table /
/by /
/opening //
a/
/sterile /
/field /
/and /
/dropping /
/the /
/supplies /
/onto /
/it. /
/The /
/nurse /
/needs /
/to /
/gather /
/additional /
/supplies /
