A nurse assists a patient with a urinary catheter to ambulate down the hall. The nurse
holds the catheter bag below the level of the patient's bladder. What link in the chain of
infection is the nurse breaking by doing so? - ️️Portal of entry
By not allowing the urine from the bedside draina...
NURS 2530: Module 2 Lesson 1
A nurse assists a patient with a urinary catheter to ambulate down the hall. The nurse
holds the catheter bag below the level of the patient's bladder. What link in the chain of
infection is the nurse breaking by doing so? - ✔️✔️Portal of entry
By not allowing the urine from the bedside drainage bag to re-enter the bladder, the
nurse is breaking the chain of infection at the portal of entry. Emptying the bedside
drainage bag may be an example of controlling the reservoir. Host susceptibility has to
do with issues such as age, nutritional status, medical treatments, immunizations, etc.
A patient was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. The patient has been drinking
fruit juice and has increased his intake of fluids, but has failed to take his antibiotic as
prescribed because it caused gastric upset. Three days later, the patient presents to the
clinic with fever, malaise, nausea, and vomiting. What might you suspect? -
✔️✔️Patient may now have a systemic infection
The patient is displaying generalized symptoms that indicate a systemic infection.
Symptoms of a localized infection, such as in the urinary tract, may include pain,
burning from edematous membranes, and frequency of urination. Because the patient
failed to be treated as prescribed, you might suspect that the patient's urinary tract
infection has ascended to the kidney, producing more systemic symptoms of infection.
Gastrointestinal (GI) disturbance may be an adverse effect of the antibiotic. An allergic
response would more likely be suspected if the patient developed a rash, hives,
urticaria, or difficulty breathing.
The nurse is preparing to insert a urinary catheter. To perform this procedure, the nurse
will use which of the following - ✔️✔️surgical asepsis
Inserting a urinary catheter requires sterile technique (surgical asepsis) to prevent the
introduction of any microorganisms into the urinary bladder during the procedure.
Medical asepsis (clean technique) is used to reduce the number of and prevent the
transmission of microorganisms and includes hand hygiene, wearing clean disposable
gloves, etc. Droplet precautions are a type of isolation-level additional precaution, in
which the recommended barrier method includes the use of a mask. Routine practices
refers to wearing barrier protection (e.g., gowns, gloves, masks, and eyewear) when
there is potential contact with blood or body fluids. It does not specifically warrant sterile
technique.
The nurse is working in a busy emergency room. On entering station 1, the nurse dons
a pair of clean disposable gloves. The nurse sees that the patient has a gunshot wound
to the chest, and is concerned there may be splattering of infectious materials. The
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