Infection Control
This is required before and after every patient contact.
What is hand hygiene?
The correct direction for female perineal care is:
What is front to back?
This position reduces aspiration risk during tube feedings.
What is high-Fowler’s or 30–45° elevation?
This device is used to assist patients safely during ambulation.
What is a gait belt?
During a sterile dressing change, contamination occurs. The nurse should:
What is stop and re-establish a sterile field?
This type of hand hygiene is required when hands are visibly soiled.
What is washing with soap and water?
This position is best for administering an enema.
What is left side-lying (Sims’) position?
Before administering an enteral feeding, the nurse must FIRST:
What is verify tube placement?
This complication results from immobility.
What are pressure injuries?
This rule of sterile technique states that the outer 1-inch border of a sterile field is considered:
What is contaminated?
This PPE item should be removed FIRST when doffing.
What are gloves?
The nurse is administering an enema and the patient reports cramping. The nurse should:
What is slow the flow or temporarily stop the enema?
The most serious complication of tube feedings is:
What is aspiration?
Before getting a patient out of bed, the nurse should FIRST:
What is assess strength, dizziness, and fall risk?
The following assessment criteria would indicate potential infection in a wound.
What is redness, warmth, and purulent drainage?
This type of precaution is required for patients with influenza.
What are droplet precautions?
During male perineal care, foreskin care for an uncircumcised patient requires:
What is retracting the foreskin and replacing it after cleaning?
The nurse aspirates 400 mL of gastric contents. The priority action is to:
What is hold the feeding and notify the provider per policy?
Which nursing action best prevents pressure injuries?
What is repositioning every 2 hours?
A darkened area of the skin that is intact, but non-blanchable, is what stage of wound?
What is Stage I?
This is the correct order for donning PPE.
What is gown, mask, goggles/face shield, then gloves?
The nurse is teaching a patient how to collect a clean-catch urine specimen. What are the correct steps that the nurse should include?
What is “I will clean the area, start urinating, then collect the urine midstream without touching the container”?
Which nursing action best prevents aspiration in tube-fed patients?
What is maintaining head-of-bed elevation during and after feedings?
This nursing action protects the nurse’s back when lifting a patient.
What is keeping the back straight and bending at the knees?
Which nursing action best supports wound healing?
What is adequate nutrition and protein intake, keeping the wound clean and dry, repositioning the patient and avoiding pressure, and avoiding friction and shear?