Question

20 The nurse cautions that a person in the incubation period of an infection:

21. A patient who has active primary tuberculosis is placed on airborne precautions. In addition to observing standard precautions for this patient, the nurse expects that

22 A patient is discharged home with a draining wound that was infected and for which he was on contact precautions while in the hospital. He lives at home with his 48 year old wild and their 17 years old daughter. It is most important to emphasized to his patient that

24 An 84 years old patient is hospitalized for an infected stasis ulcer on his ankle. The nurse is aware that this patient is at risk for hospital acquired infection HAI

26 The nurse instructing one of the facility's assisted personnel UAP about how to correctly use a sharps container. The nurse recognize that further instructions is warranted when the UAP states I will

28 During admission assessment to a skilled care facility the nurse notes that a 76 year old man is thin and unsteady on his feet and has dry flaky skin on his arms and legs. An appropriate hygiene goal for this patient is that the

31 A patient has a quarter sized blackened eschar on both heels surrounded by a 1 to 2 cm indurated area. The nurse is aware that these lesions are

32 The nurse assessing for a pressure ulcer in a patient with darkly pigmented skin should.

Answer 1

20. The nurse cautions that a person in the incubation period of an infection can transmit the disease although he or she doesn't feel ill.

21. Here, for a patient who is having active primary tuberculosis, an N95 particulate filterate respirator worn by anyone who enters the room of the patient. Patient should be in private room and should leave the room with the mask and only for essential activities.

22. Soiled dressings should be disposed of in plastic bags that are tied securely.

24. As the patient's defences are already engaged with infection, so the nurse considers that the patient is at risk of HAI.

26. I will put my fingers inside the opening to push the item well inside the container.

28. The patient will shower or tub bathe with assistance twice a week.

31. These lesions are pressure ulcers that cannot be accurately staged because of the eschar.

32. should depend upon the visual assessment by a nurse in order to determine skin breakdown or injury.