Precaution Types
Preventing Infection
Nursing Considerations
100

A patient who has MRSA would be placed on ______ precautions.

Contact.

100

The borders of a sterile field are considered ______.

Non-sterile.

100

You are performing oral hygiene on a patient ______ and possibly goggles should be worn.

Gloves.

200

A patient who has Measles would be placed on ______ precautions.

Airborne

200
You have a patient that requires a foley catheter, you know that this can be a ______ and ______ for infection.

Portal of Entry and Exit.

200

Your patient's CBC just returned and shows a WBC of 18 and Bands of 3. Your next intervention would be ________.

Notify the MD.

300

A patient who has influenza would be placed on ______ precautions.

Droplet

300
________ can be a source of infection if we do not clean properly or take with tubing to prevent contamination.

IV or Central Line

300

You are educating your patient on hand hygiene, they should use _________ and if not near a sink can use hand sanitizer.

Antimicrobial soap.

400

A patient who has C-diff would be placed on _______ precautions.

Enteric.

400
While preparing for a sterile procedure you notice that the nurse touches a non-sterile object with sterile gloves, your next step would be...
Inform the other RN of break in sterile procedure. 
400

A patient with influenza would like to have visitors but wants them to remain safe while visiting. You advise they should remain ______ feet from the bedside.

3 feet.

500

A patient with MRSA always needs to be on precautions. True/False

True

500

You are preparing to insert a foley catheter and are going to use the bedside table as your surface. What is your first step?

Clean bedside table and allow to dry.

500

While obtaining a blood culture you want to make sure that you do the following to prevent contamination.

Wash hands and wear clean gloves.

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