NCLEX-PN Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions — practice questions
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Practice NCLEX-PN Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions in the app →To which patients do Standard Precautions apply?Standard Precautions treat body substances as potentially infectious, with one stated exception. Which substanWhich set names the three categories of Transmission-Based Precautions?A patient is placed on Droplet Precautions. What happens to Standard Precautions for that patient?Which protective equipment do healthcare personnel wear for interactions with a patient on Contact PrecautionsFor Contact Precautions, when is protective equipment put on and taken off?A patient on Contact Precautions has to share a multi-patient room. What separation between beds is advised?Why do Droplet Precautions not call for special air handling and ventilation?Which respiratory protection do healthcare personnel wear for close contact with a patient on Droplet PrecautiA patient on Droplet Precautions must be transported out of the room. What is advised for the patient?Which group of agents calls for Airborne Precautions?An airborne infection isolation room in newly built accommodation must provide how many air exchanges per hourWhat air pressure does an airborne infection isolation room hold relative to the surrounding area?Any facility with airborne infection isolation rooms must run a respiratory protection program. What does thatA physician office cannot provide an airborne infection isolation room. Which measure reduces airborne transmiWhich staffing measure is advised for patients with vaccine-preventable airborne diseases?Culture results are two days away for a patient whose symptoms suggest a transmissible infection. What is doneWhy must precautions often begin before the laboratory confirms a diagnosis?How long do Transmission-Based Precautions stay in effect?What is the position on the duration of Contact Precautions for patients colonized or infected with multidrug-Which exception to Transmission-Based Precautions applies in home care?A household member has already been exposed to varicella at home. What follows for masks during a home visit?For which patients is a Protective Environment designed?Which item is prohibited from the room of a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient in a Protective EnvironHow does room air pressure in a Protective Environment compare with the corridor?Which situation prompts a stem cell transplant patient to wear an N95 respirator when leaving the Protective EWhich barrier precautions does a Protective Environment add beyond Standard and Transmission-Based PrecautionsRespiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette is aimed at which people entering a healthcare facility?What spatial separation is advised for people with respiratory infections in common waiting areas?A coughing patient in the waiting area has no fever. What does the absence of fever tell you?A nurse has a respiratory infection and cannot be moved off direct patient care. What is advised?What does safe injection practice require for each injection given?Which practice was a primary breach behind hepatitis outbreaks in ambulatory care facilities?Several patients are to receive the same medication. Which vial choice is preferred?Who wears a face mask when material is injected into the spinal or epidural space?Eight cases of meningitis after myelography were most likely explained by which route?Hands are visibly soiled with blood. Which hand hygiene method is used?Hands are not visibly soiled. Which method of hand decontamination is preferred?Why is unnecessary touching of surfaces near the patient avoided?Which assumption underlies the Standard Precautions recommendations?What determines which protective equipment is used during a given patient interaction?Which protective equipment is needed for intubation under Standard Precautions?Which practice was added to Standard Precautions mainly to protect patients rather than personnel?Which finding on its own suggests that a patient needs Contact Precautions?No single-patient room is free for a patient who needs Contact Precautions. What is recommended?Which effects on patients must be counteracted while Transmission-Based Precautions are in place?What does a Category IC rating mean for an infection control recommendation?Droplet Precautions cover group A streptococcus for what period of treatment?