Author Question: A nurse is providing morning care to a client whose infected wound must be redressed. Which of these ... (Read 89 times)

waynest · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is providing morning care to a client whose infected wound must be redressed. Which of these actions is correct?

a. Don clean gloves and change them between the morning care and dressing change.
b. Don clean gloves, remove them after morning care, wash hands, and apply new gloves for the dressing change.
c. Wash hands and wear one pair of clean gloves for all client's care.
d. Wear clean gloves for morning care and sterile gloves for the dressing change.

Question 2

A labor and delivery nurse is assisting a health care provider who will be artificially rupturing a client's membranes (AROM). What barrier devices must the health care provider wear?

a. clean gloves and clean gown
b. face shield and clean gloves
c. face shield, sterile gloves, and clean gown
d. sterile gloves only

Ksanderson1296 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Barrier precautions refer to the use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gowns, gloves) to minimize risk of exposure to blood and body fluids by creating a barrier between the person and the microorganism and preventing transmission of the microorganism. Components of Standard Precautions include hand washing after touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and contaminated items, even if gloves were worn, and between tasks and procedures on the same client to prevent cross-contamination of body sites; and applying nonsterile gloves before touching mucous membranes, nonintact skin, blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and contaminated items.

Answer to Question 2

C
Health care providers must apply nonsterile gloves before touching mucous membranes, nonintact skin, blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and contaminated items; and wear a gown during procedures and client care activities with a high probability of generating splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions. Masks, eye protection, and face shields are to be worn when procedures and client care activities may generate splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions.