DHA DHA Nursing Practice & Standards 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under DHA infection control standards, which personal protective equipment (PPE) sequence is correct when entering a room with airborne precautions?
- Gloves → gown → N95 → eye protection
- N95 respirator → gown → gloves → eye protection
- Gown → N95 → eye protection → gloves (Correct answer)
- Eye protection → gloves → gown → N95
Correct answer: Gown → N95 → eye protection → gloves
DHA follows WHO/CDC donning sequence: gown first, then N95 respirator, then eye protection, then gloves to prevent self-contamination.
Question 2: A nurse administers the wrong dose of insulin to a diabetic patient. After correcting the immediate patient safety issue, what is the NEXT required step under DHA policy?
- Inform only the charge nurse verbally and monitor the patient
- Complete a formal incident report within the timeframe specified by facility policy (Correct answer)
- Notify the patient's insurance provider before reporting internally
- Document the event in personal notes but not the official medical record
Correct answer: Complete a formal incident report within the timeframe specified by facility policy
After stabilizing the patient, DHA requires formal incident reporting through the facility's system within the specified timeframe to support quality improvement.
Question 3: Which of the following is a DHA-recognized component of culturally competent nursing care in the UAE multicultural setting?
- Assuming all Muslim patients refuse pain medication during Ramadan
- Assessing individual patient preferences and religious needs without stereotyping (Correct answer)
- Requiring family members to translate for patients who do not speak Arabic or English
- Applying Western bioethical norms universally regardless of patient background
Correct answer: Assessing individual patient preferences and religious needs without stereotyping
DHA promotes individualized cultural assessment, recognizing that religious and cultural practices vary among patients even within the same faith or background.
Question 4: A DHA-licensed nurse is approached by a pharmaceutical company representative offering gifts in exchange for recommending their products to patients. The correct response is to:
- Accept small gifts as long as they are under AED 200 in value
- Decline and report the interaction per DHA conflict-of-interest policy (Correct answer)
- Accept only educational materials but not cash
- Consult with a colleague before deciding whether to accept
Correct answer: Decline and report the interaction per DHA conflict-of-interest policy
DHA's code of professional conduct prohibits nurses from accepting gifts from industry that could influence clinical decisions; such interactions must be declined and reported.
Question 5: According to DHA standards, a nurse performing a surgical hand scrub should scrub for a minimum of:
- 1–2 minutes
- 2–3 minutes
- 3–5 minutes (Correct answer)
- 6–10 minutes
Correct answer: 3–5 minutes
DHA infection control standards align with WHO guidelines recommending a minimum 3–5 minute surgical hand scrub to achieve adequate microbial reduction.
Question 6: Which documentation principle is MOST emphasized in DHA nursing standards to ensure legal and clinical accountability?
- Document care after completing the entire shift to save time
- Record interventions and patient responses contemporaneously and accurately (Correct answer)
- Use abbreviations freely to keep notes concise
- Document only abnormal findings to avoid chart clutter
Correct answer: Record interventions and patient responses contemporaneously and accurately
DHA requires contemporaneous, accurate, and complete documentation of all nursing interventions and patient responses to support continuity of care and legal defensibility.
Question 7: A nurse suspects a colleague is impaired by substances while on duty. Under DHA's professional standards, the nurse should:
- Cover for the colleague until the shift ends to avoid conflict
- Report the concern immediately to the nurse manager or designated authority (Correct answer)
- Confront the colleague alone in the break room
- Wait for a formal complaint from a patient before acting
Correct answer: Report the concern immediately to the nurse manager or designated authority
DHA's duty-of-care and patient safety obligations require immediate reporting of suspected colleague impairment to protect patients from harm.
DHA DHA Nursing Practice & Standards 5
Under DHA infection control standards, which personal protective equipment (PPE) sequence is correct when entering a room with airborne precautions?