Central Lines
Peripheral IVs
Infection Prevention
Urinary Catheters
Misc.
100
Your patient wants to shower with his newly placed central line, you should ...
What is wrap it up with clear plastic and tape ensuring that all edges of the dressing are sealed.
100
TRUE or FALSE: Each patient that is admitted to the hospital needs an IV in case of an emergency
What is FALSE
100
All hubs for all lines should be scrubbed for at least this amount of time.
What is 15 seconds.
100
Foley catheter care should be performed and documented _________.
What is twice a shift
100
Name the five moments for hand hygiene
What is before touching a patient, before clean/aseptic procedure, after body fluid exposure risk, after touching a patient, after touching patient surroundings
200
Central lines placed from OSH require this before they can be used.
What is x-ray confirmation of placement and a physician order that it is okay to use.
200
You arrive to Mr. Smiths room and he complains that his arm with IV fluids infusing is cold, swollen, and painful. These are signs of_____
What is infiltration
200
You walk into your pt's room and the IV tubing is not labeled and it is time to hang an antibiotic. You should ...
What is discard the unlabeled tubing and primary bag and use new tubing and bag ensuring the fresh set is labeled.
200
TRUE or FALSE: Specimen cups containing urine can be sent via the tubing system to the lab.
What is false.
200
TRUE or FALSE: If my patient is within defined normal limits for my initial assessments, I do not have to fill out each box within each assessment.
What is true.
300
A patient with a device such a central line should receive this type of bath daily
What is CHG
300
Dressing changes should be performed on all PIVs every _________ days.
What is 7 days.
300
This technique is used to scrub the central line area.
What is up and down/back and forth
300
Reassessment of the reason for continuing urinary catheterization should be documented every ______.
What is every shift.
300
Name the categories of the Braden Scale.
What is Moisture, Nutrition, Mobility, Friction and Shear, Activity, Sensory Perception
400
TRUE or FALSE: Activase or CathFlo is a low dose t-PA that is used to restore patency and blood return to central lines, PICCs, and Medports.
What is TRUE
400
TRUE or FALSE: It is okay to leave in a PIV that was placed by EMS.
What is false. All PIVs placed by EMS should be removed within 24hrs. A physician order to keep a PIV from EMS is not acceptable since it was placed in an unclean environment.
400
The nurse has redressed a patient’s wound and now plans to administer a medication to the patient. Which is the correct infection control procedure?
What is remove gloves, perform hand hygiene, and put on new gloves
400
The green clamp on the indwelling urinary catheter drainage bag can be used to ____________.
What is prevent dependent loops by attaching the green clamp to the sheets.
400
The proper sequence for doffing PPE
What is gloves, gown, eye/face shield, mask
500
Your patient has a dialysis catheter and you noticed there is dried blood underneath the dressing. As the nurse you should...
What is change the dressing using sterile technique.
500
TRUE or FALSE: PIVs can become infected and be a source of infection.
List the causes of PIV infection.
What is true.
poor hand hygiene, site contamination after skin disinfecting, poor dressing adherence, phlebitis, occlusion (poor or absent flushing)
500
Your patient has an allergy to CHG. This should be used to clean the site of the central line instead of CHG.
What is sterile alcohol swabs or povidone-iodine swabs.
500
TRUE or FALSE: Strict I/Os is a valid reason for keeping in a indwelling urinary catheter.
What is false. An adequate reason would be for a hemodynamically unstable patient (meaning SBP<100, HR>100, and/or elevated creatinine >1.5) AND requiring strict I/O.
500
There are ____ errors from the following picture. 
What is 10.