Prelim Quiz

In medical hand washing, it is important to keep hands lower than the elbows, so that water flows from arms to the fingertips; the rationale behind this technique is:

• Prevent the nurses’ clothes to get wet which can lead to contamination

• The position is ergonomically correct

• Hands are more contaminated than forearms

• To maintain the flow of water directly in the sink and prevent splashing water to the surrounding area

What is the appropriate flow and water temperature during hand washing?

• Medium flow and hot water

• Fast flow and cool water

• Slow flow and warm water

• Medium flow and warm water

What is the correct method of open gloving?

• Open the gloves and just put them on

• Grasp the inside cuffs of both gloves when putting them on

• Use the skin-to-skin, glove-to-glove technique

• Ensure no bare skin is exposed

With open gloving technique which hand is a glove placed on first

• Right hand

• Dominant hand

• Left hand

• Non-Dominant hand

Part of the preparation implementation of hand washing are the following, EXCEPT:

• Check hands for breaks in the skin

• Remove and push long sleeves

• Determine the client's recent invasive diagnostic treatment

• Keep nails short

To doff (remove) used sterile gloves the health care provider should:

• Pull both off from the inside edge, the nurse will wash their hands afterwards, so touching the gloves is not a concern.

• Wash the gloved hands with soap and water before removing the gloves to remove blood or body fluids

• Pull off the first glove by grasping slightly back from the wrist, turning it inside out, and wading the dirty glove into the still gloved hand.

• Use clean tongs from the procedure tray to take them off so that the hands are not contaminated

When testing the temperature of water during hot water application, the right temperature for children over 2 years and adults would be:

• 57 to 60 degrees Celsius

• 30 to 45 degrees Celsius

• 46 to 51 degrees Celsius

• 25 to 35 degrees Celsius

The following are examples of Standard Precautions, except:

• Hand hygiene

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Safe Management of Healthcare Linen

• Proper Disposal of Needles

For Open and Closed bedmaking, which sheet is placed first as right side up?

• top sheet

• bedspread

• bottom sheet

• cotton sheet

The measurement when folding the top sheet from the edge of the head part of the bed

• 4-7 inches

• 15 inches

• 18 inches

• 6-8 inches