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ISB BSN 206 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS HALLMARK EXAMS (LATEST 2025 /
2026 UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE) QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE
A - NIGHTINGALE
The nurse is preparing a sterile field. The nurse opens the sterile
commercial kit by pulling the outermost flap toward his body,
followed by opening the remaining flaps. The nurse touches only
the outer edge of the sterile field with his hands. The nurse adds
sterile items to the sterile field by placing them on the field at an
angle and never allowing the wrapper to touch the field. The
nurse pours normal saline form a previously opened bottle in the
patient's room into a sterile receptacle without splashing. Which
action(s) in preparing a sterile field did the nurse perform
incorrectly? (Select all that apply.)
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The nurse correctly prepared the sterile field.
Opening the outermost flap.
Touching the outer edge of the sterile field.
Adding sterile items to the field.
Pouring a sterile solution. .....ANSWER.....Opening the outermost
flap.
Pouring a sterile solution.
The nurse is preparing a sterile field. Which of the following
would be considered contamination of the field? (Select all that
apply.)
Some of the sterile normal saline spills onto the sterile barrier.
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Nonsterile items are added to the sterile field.
The nurse prepares the sterile field and leaves the room to get
more sterile supplies.
The nurse prepares the sterile field immediately before the
procedure.
When a sterile item falls off the sterile field, the nurse opens a
new sterile item. .....ANSWER.....Some of the sterile normal saline
spills onto the sterile barrier.
Nonsterile items are added to the sterile field.
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The nurse prepares the sterile field and leaves the room to get
more sterile supplies.
The nurse is reviewing with the surgical technician how to prepare
a sterile field. Which of the following is incorrect and should not
be included in the review?
Keep your intended work surface above waist level.
Place the drape so the top half of the drape is over the top half
of the work surface.
You may grasp the outer 1-inch border of the drape without
wearing sterile gloves.
ISB BSN 206 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS HALLMARK EXAMS (LATEST 2025 /
2026 UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE) QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE
A - NIGHTINGALE
The nurse is preparing a sterile field. The nurse opens the sterile
commercial kit by pulling the outermost flap toward his body,
followed by opening the remaining flaps. The nurse touches only
the outer edge of the sterile field with his hands. The nurse adds
sterile items to the sterile field by placing them on the field at an
angle and never allowing the wrapper to touch the field. The
nurse pours normal saline form a previously opened bottle in the
patient's room into a sterile receptacle without splashing. Which
action(s) in preparing a sterile field did the nurse perform
incorrectly? (Select all that apply.)
,Page 2 of 142
The nurse correctly prepared the sterile field.
Opening the outermost flap.
Touching the outer edge of the sterile field.
Adding sterile items to the field.
Pouring a sterile solution. .....ANSWER.....Opening the outermost
flap.
Pouring a sterile solution.
The nurse is preparing a sterile field. Which of the following
would be considered contamination of the field? (Select all that
apply.)
Some of the sterile normal saline spills onto the sterile barrier.
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Nonsterile items are added to the sterile field.
The nurse prepares the sterile field and leaves the room to get
more sterile supplies.
The nurse prepares the sterile field immediately before the
procedure.
When a sterile item falls off the sterile field, the nurse opens a
new sterile item. .....ANSWER.....Some of the sterile normal saline
spills onto the sterile barrier.
Nonsterile items are added to the sterile field.
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The nurse prepares the sterile field and leaves the room to get
more sterile supplies.
The nurse is reviewing with the surgical technician how to prepare
a sterile field. Which of the following is incorrect and should not
be included in the review?
Keep your intended work surface above waist level.
Place the drape so the top half of the drape is over the top half
of the work surface.
You may grasp the outer 1-inch border of the drape without
wearing sterile gloves.
