A nurse takes vital signs of the client as ordered or may use ...

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A nurse takes vital signs of the client as ordered or may use judgment to determine whether a client requires more frequent assessment of vital signs. The nurse educator asks a student nurse to identify the measurements that constitute vital signs.
 
  Which response by the student nurse best identifies vital signs? A) Respirations and blood pressure
  B) Temperature, blood pressure, respirations
  C) Temperature, pulse, respirations
  D) Blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations

Question 2

A nursing student visits a healthcare facility and asks the infection control nurse about the reasons that nurses are at risk in the healthcare facility. Which factor places the nurse at highest risk for contracting an infection?
 
  A) Repeated contact with infectious materials and clients
  B) Taking care of clients with infections
  C) Administering medications to the client
  D) Working with staff in various departments

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Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
TPR and BP are called vital signs.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
The nurse replies to the nursing student that the nurses are at risk because they are in repeated contact with infectious materials and are continually exposed to communicable diseases. Nurses are not at risk as a result of serving clients with infections, because of physical contact with clients, or as a result of close proximity with clients.