Safety
Standard precautions in healthcare include (select all that apply):
A. Proper hand hygiene
B. The use of protective equipment
C. Poor sanitation
D. Safe injection techniques
A. Proper hand hygiene
B. The use of protective equipment
D. Safe injection techniques
What is the first step to don PPE?
What is hand hygiene.
Name the proper items of PPE necessary for a contact precaution room.
What is gown and gloves?
A nurse on a medical surgical unit is fixing to enter a room where a patient is on contact precautions to perform her morning assessment. The nurse recognizes that the first step to donning PPE is to:
A. Put on her gown
B. Clean her stethoscope
C. Don her gloves
D. Perform hand hygiene
D. Perform hand hygiene
Tell us why you aspire to become a nurse.
Which organization is responsible for protecting workers against safety and health hazards in the work environment?
a) HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
b) OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)
c) QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)
d) The Joint Commission
b) OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)
What do you remove first when doffing PPE?
What is gloves?
What is the difference between contact and droplet precautions?
Contact precautions are used when the healthcare personnel can be infected by coming in CONTACT with the patient and/or their environment. Droplet precautions are used when a patient has a respiratory illness that can be passed from patient to worker by respiratory droplets.
A student nurse on an intensive care unit is differentiating between contact and droplet precautions. Which of the following statements requires additional teaching?
A. "Any time I enter a contact precaution room, I must always wear an N95 respirator."
B. "When entering any type of precaution room, I must always wear gloves."
C. "One type of illness that requires contact precautions is MRSA."
D. "Droplet precautions means that a patient has a respiratory illness and could spread the illness by sneezing, coughing, etc."
A. "Any time I enter a contact precaution room, I must always wear an N95 respirator."
Tell us what area of nursing you are interested in.
What are some examples of environmental safety improvements? (select all that apply)
a) Installing handrails along walls
b) Placing a scatter rug on the ground that contains no nonslip padding
c) Providing adequate lighting
d) Fire and disaster plans that are not in place
a) Installing handrails along walls
c) Providing adequate lighting
What is the proper way to remove soiled gloves?
Let person/group demonstrate.
Tuberculosis falls under which category of isolation precautions?
What is airborne?
A nurse manager is conducting an inservice for employees on the different types of precautions. She recognizes that which of the following is important to teach employees:
A. Chicken pox falls under the contact precaution category
B. RSV is deemed a respiratory illness and requires droplet precautions
C. Pertussis is an illness that requires standard precautions
D. HIV requires airborne precautions
B. RSV is deemed a respiratory illness and requires droplet precautions
Tell us one challenge that will be hard to overcome while in nursing school.
What is an advantage of using SBAR during staff communication?
a) Provides a complete patient health history
b) Improves verbal communication and reduces medical errors
c) Focuses on a comprehensive physical examination
d) Avoids making recommendations
b) Improves verbal communication and reduces medical errors
What items of PPE do you remove while in the patient's room?
What is gloves and gown?
If a patient has head lice, what type of isolation precaution would they be on?
A nurse educator is teaching a seminar for the community health nurses at the health department. Which of the following requires follow up by her supervisor:
A. "When removing PPE, always remember to perform hand hygiene when your hands become soiled."
B. "When entering an isolation room, always gather all your supplies upon entrance."
C. "When exiting an isolation room, always remember to leave your gown and gloves on until you are out in the hallway."
D. "Precautions are put into place to protect you as the healthcare professional."
C. "When exiting an isolation room, always remember to leave your gown and gloves on until you are out in the hallway."
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A nurse is preparing to give an opioid medication to a patient. Which of the following are a priority (select all that apply):
A. Checking the patient's allergy list
B. Ensuring proper identification (with two verifiers)
C. Getting their favorite juice to swallow the pill with
D. Making sure the patient is sitting up and not slumped over
E. Verifying with another nurse before administration
A. Checking the patient's allergy list
B. Ensuring proper identification (with two verifiers)
D. Making sure the patient is sitting up and not slumped over
E. Verifying with another nurse before administration
How many times do you perform hand hygiene while donning/doffing PPE?
What is a minimum of three? There is no limit. If your hands become soiled or touch soiled PPE, perform hand hygiene.
What is one bacterium that you have to physically wash your hands rather than using alcohol based hand sanitizer?
What is C.diff?
A nurse on a medical surgical room is leaving a patient's room. The patient was recently diagnosed with a C.diff infection. What must the nurse do after exiting the room:
A. Go to the next patient's room
B. Remove her gown and gloves
C. Wash her hands with soap and water
D. Chart on her assessment
C. Wash her hands with soap and water
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