NCAS Infection Control and Prevention

Question 1

Which level of precautions is used for ALL patients regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status in US health care settings?

Accepted Answer

Standard Precautions

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Airborne Precautions

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Contact Precautions

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Droplet Precautions

Question 2

A patient is diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Which type of transmission-based precautions should the community nurse recommend?

Accepted Answer

Airborne Precautions with negative pressure room and N95 respirator

Answer

Contact Precautions with gloves and gown only

Answer

Droplet Precautions with surgical mask

Answer

Standard Precautions only

Question 3

The community health nurse is teaching proper hand hygiene. According to CDC guidelines, which situation requires handwashing with soap and water rather than alcohol-based hand rub?

Accepted Answer

When hands are visibly soiled or after contact with a patient with Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)

Answer

Before preparing medications

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After removing clean gloves

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After contact with intact patient skin only

Question 4

Which vaccine-preventable disease is characterized by a prodrome of Koplik's spots followed by a maculopapular rash spreading from head to trunk?

Accepted Answer

Measles (rubeola)

Answer

Rubella

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Varicella (chickenpox)

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Roseola

Question 5

A community nurse is managing a norovirus outbreak at a long-term care facility. Which action is MOST important to contain spread?

Accepted Answer

Cohort ill residents, implement Contact Precautions, enforce hand hygiene with soap and water

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Administer antiviral medications to all residents

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Apply alcohol hand sanitizer exclusively throughout the facility

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Allow well residents to visit ill residents to build immunity

Question 6

Which of the following is the CDC's recommended sequence for donning (putting on) PPE in a health care setting?

Accepted Answer

Gown, mask/respirator, eye protection, gloves

Answer

Gloves, gown, mask, face shield

Answer

Mask, gown, gloves, face shield

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Face shield, gloves, gown, mask