ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 7 : Asepsis and Infection Control Questions
Question 1 of 5
What action exemplifies a nurse practicing medical asepsis in performing daily care?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Keeping the bed linens off the floor is an example of medical asepsis; all other options are examples of surgical asepsis.
Question 2 of 5
What bacteria can lie dormant when conditions for growth are not favorable?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Spore formation occurs when conditions are unfavorable, causing the bacteria to take a dormant form.
Question 3 of 5
A patient with a respiratory infection reports that he is not yet on an antibiotic. The nurse explains that the health care provider is waiting on the results of the culture and sensitivity. What does this test determine?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Sensitivity tests are done to determine which antibiotics will stop growth.
Question 4 of 5
What bacterium is responsible for more diseases than any other organism?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The Streptococcus bacterium is responsible for more diseases than any other organism.
Question 5 of 5
What additional complication does a disease caused by a virus have compared to a disease caused by bacteria?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Antibiotics do not alter the course of a disease caused by a virus.