Nesa Exam Questions With Correct
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OSHA lists standard safeguards to protect workers from health hazards related to blood-borne
pathogens. The reason for the standards is there is: - answerA significant health risk
associated with exposure to blood.
How is Hepatitis B transmitted? - answ...
OSHA lists standard safeguards to protect workers from health hazards related to blood-borne
pathogens. The reason for the standards is there is: - answer✔✔A significant health risk
associated with exposure to blood.
How is Hepatitis B transmitted? - answer✔✔By sexual and/or blood-to-blood contact.
Which hepatitis is the cause of most liver transplants? - answer✔✔Hepatitis C
The virus that causes Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is: - answer✔✔Human
immunodeficiency virus
How are blood-borne pathogens spread? Select All That Apply: 4 - answer✔✔Pathogen must be
present
Person is susceptible to the pathogen
Pathogen enters through the correct entry site
Quantity of pathogen present is enough to cause disease
What is the best way to protect oneself from blood-borne pathogens? - answer✔✔Standard
precautions
What is the major difficulty in treating a client with a condition caused by a multidrug resistant
organism? - answer✔✔The microorganisms have become so resistant that no available
antibiotics are effective against them.
Prevention of multidrug resistant organisms in healthcare settings rely on appropriate clinical
practices that are incorporated into all routine patient care. What components are part of an
effective prevention plan? Select all that apply. 4 - answer✔✔Prevention of lower respiratory
tract infections in intubated patients
Optimal management of vascular and urinary catheters
Judicious anti-microbial selection and utilization
Accurate diagnosis of infections etiologies
Common multidrug resistant organisms include methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). - answer✔✔True
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change in some way that reduces or eliminates the
effectiveness of substances designed to cure/prevent infections. - answer✔✔True
Repeated and improper use of antibiotics are primary causes of the increase in drug resistant
bacteria. - answer✔✔True
According to the Morse Fall Scale Assessment, a patient has a high-risk of falling. The patient
fell while being toileted by the nursing staff. By definition, how would this fall be classified? -
answer✔✔Anticipated physiological fall
The nurse is completing in-patient admission assessments on a group of new patients. Based on
the intrinsic factors present, which patient should the nurse identify as being the highest risk for
fall? The patient who has: - answer✔✔Decreased visual acuity, walks with a cane, and has
arthritis
The nurse is determining steps that could be taken to reduce the patient's extrinsic risks for falls.
Which nurse intervention could the nurse plan to reduce the patient's extrinsic fall risk? Select all
that apply. 6 - answer✔✔Availability of needed assistive devices
Lighting in the patient's room
Proper use of assistive devices
Bathroom support equipment for the toilet and shower
Condition of the floor surfaces
Type and condition of footwear
When developing a risk management plan, take into account that there is no single risk factor or
single approach solution. The plan must be multi-disciplinary and multi-factorial in approach and
must be tailored to the individual. Which fall prevention program is most likely to be effective?
One which: - answer✔✔Encompasses a number of different interventions and targets multiple
risk factors
One is benefit of implementing a standardized fall risk assessment at the time of admission? -
answer✔✔All necessary fall prevention resources that target the specific risk factors can be
implemented early.
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