Chapter 1, Problem 6SEPT

A toddler is admitted to the pediatric unit with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis. The nurse anticipates implementing which isolation precautions? a) Contact precautions b) Droplet precautions c) Airborne precautions d) Standard precautions

The nurse has opened the sterile supplies and put on two ster-ile gloves to complete a sterile dressing change, a procedure that requires surgical asepsis. The nurse must:a. Keep splashes on the sterile field to a minimum.b. Cover the nose and mouth with gloved hands if a sneeze isimminent.c. Use forceps soaked in a disinfectant.d. Consider the outer 1 inch of the sterile field ascontaminated.

A nurse is teaching a patient how to use a meter-dosedinhaler for her asthma. Which comments from the patientassure the nurse that the teaching has been effective? Selectall that apply.a. “I will be careful not to shake up the canister beforeusing it.”b. “I will hold the canister upside-down when using it.” c. “I will inhale the medication through my nose.”d. “I will continue to inhale when the cold propellant is in mythroat.”e. “I will only inhale one spray with one breath.”f. “I will activate the device while continuing to inhale.”