ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 7 : Asepsis and Infection Control Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a patient with suspected tuberculosis. What is the greatest risk of exposure to tuberculosis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The risk of exposure to tuberculosis is greatest before a diagnosis is made and isolation precautions are implemented.
Question 2 of 5
A person can spread a bacterial infection by which actions?
Correct Answer: A,B,E
Rationale: Bacteria can be spread by direct, indirect, or airborne transmission.
Question 3 of 5
What are some characteristics of microorganisms?
Correct Answer: A,B,D,E
Rationale: Microorganisms are involved in a life process of their own, pathogens cause disease, may be infectious, and can enter the body via skin, air, or blood. Nonpathogenic organisms do not cause disease.
Question 4 of 5
A patient is distressed that an antibiotic has not been effective for the control of the infection. The nurse explains that some bacteria are capable of defending against antibiotics by the formation of a ____
Correct Answer: capsule
Rationale: Some bacteria can protect themselves by the formation of a capsule of sticky protein that prevents antibiotics from entering the cell.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse reminds a group of nursing students that the type of asepsis that destroys all microorganisms and their spores is ____ asepsis.
Correct Answer: surgical
Rationale: Surgical asepsis destroys all microorganisms and their spores.