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melina_rosy · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is providing ancillary personnel with instructions regarding the proper methods to implement when caring for a client with a Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection.

Which of the following practices will have the greatest impact on containment of the bacteria, and thus on prevention of cross-contamination? a. Frequent in-services on transmission modes of C. difficile
b. The practising of proper hand hygiene by all staff
c. Appropriate handling of contaminated linen
d. Stool cultures on all suspected carriers

Question 2

In which type of research design are relationships between two or more variables studied?

a. Experimental
b. Descriptive survey
c. Scientific nursing
d. Exploratory descriptive

xoxo123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Poor hand hygiene and erratic disinfection practices result in the transmission of C. difficile.
Although frequent in-services on transmission modes of C. difficile is appropriate, it does not have the most impact on preventing the spread of C difficile.
Although appropriate handling of contaminated linen is important, it does not have the most im-pact on preventing the spread of C difficile.
Although requesting stool cultures for all suspected carriers is appropriate, it does not have the most impact on preventing the spread of C. difficile.

Answer to Question 2

B
Descriptive survey designs aim to answer questions pertaining to relationships among variables.
Experimental research asks why one variable causes a predictable change in another variable. In this type of research, variables are tightly controlled and the aim is to prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
Scientific nursing research investigates nursing phenomena that can be precisely measured and quantified, such as body temperature changes, pain severity, and rates of wound healing.
Exploratory descriptive designs provide in-depth descriptions of populations or variables not previously studied. No relationships among variables are established, although the results might indicate that relationships ought to be studied in subsequent research.