Keeping It Clean
This is the single most effective way to interrupt the transmission of infection.
What is performing hand hygiene before, during, and after client contact?
To stabilize a client during a bed-to-chair transfer, the nurse should use this assistive device.
What is a transfer belt (gait belt)?
Closed-ended questions are most appropriate when gathering what type of information?
What is specific data that requires a yes-or-no response (e.g., “Did you take your medicine today?”)?
Which food provides adequate fiber to improve elimination after surgery?
What is an apple (or other high-fiber fruit or vegetable)?
Which lifestyle habit most interferes with sleep?
What is drinking alcohol before bedtime?
A client develops a UTI three days after a catheter insertion. What type of infection is this?
What is a health-care–associated infection (HAI)?
Which position helps reduce aspiration risk during meals for a client with dysphagia?
What is high-Fowler’s (upright) position?
Which charting model organizes data into Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan sections?
What is the SOAP charting model?
A full liquid diet includes this dessert.
What is chocolate pudding?
Which routine supports sleep hygiene in older adults?
What is going to bed and waking up at consistent times each day?
You are setting up a meal tray for a client on droplet precautions. What PPE should you wear?
What is a mask?
A postoperative client’s abdominal wound eviscerates. What is the nurse’s first action?
What is cover the wound with a moist sterile dressing and notify the provider?
Which entry demonstrates accurate, approved documentation?
What is “Rx received for CXR stat”?
Which documentation best describes a client’s nutritional intake objectively?
What is “Client ate 50% of lunch without difficulty; refused all solids”?
What is the primary purpose of an incentive spirometer after surgery?
What is to prevent atelectasis and promote lung expansion?
When cleaning a wound, the nurse should wipe in this direction to prevent contamination.
What is from the cleanest area to the dirtiest area?
Which isolation precaution requires an N95 mask?
What is airborne precaution for tuberculosis (TB)?
Offering sympathy is not a therapeutic communication technique because…
It focuses on the nurse’s feelings and limits client expression.
Name two foods that are sources of protein.
What are meats, eggs, dairy, fish, legumes, or soy products?
A client under general anesthesia must have which assessment before eating or drinking post-op?
What is the return of bowel sounds?
Differentiate between medical and surgical asepsis.
Medical asepsis reduces microorganisms (clean technique); surgical asepsis eliminates all microorganisms (sterile technique).
When removing PPE after isolation care, which item should be removed last?
What is the mask?
The nurse communicates most effectively with a client after eye surgery using this method.
Identify the first stage of wound healing.
What is the inflammatory phase?
Describe the nurse’s role regarding informed consent for surgery.
What is to witness the client’s signature and verify the provider explained the procedure?