What can result from the nurse consistently performing hand hygiene and using sterile supplies when caring for patients in the hospital setting?
a. Hospital stay is shortened
b. Sense of self-worth is improved
c. Risk of infection is reduced
d. Nursing care needed is reduced
Question 2
When assessing a patient for signs of an infection, the nurse recognizes which laboratory result as indicative of an infection?
a. Lowered red blood cell count
b. Increased white blood cell count
c. Lowered white blood cell count
d. Increased red blood cell count
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Performing Transmission-Based Precaution: Isolation Techniques
Typical Examination Room Equipment and Supplies
Basic two-handed kneading. Tissues are lifted with the whole hand in firm contact.
Cretinism can result in a child born to a mother who was iodine deficient during early pregnancy