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b. Apologize to resident involved. c. Give the treatment to the right person, d. Immediately tell the nurse what happened and the surrounding circumstances. 15. Universal precautions a. Are used for all residents. b. Are used only by RNs and LPNs. c. Require gloves, gowns and goggles d. Prevent the spread of pathogens through air. 16. Hand washing is an example of a. Sterilization b. Disinfection. c. Contamination. d. Medical asepsis. 17. Which of the following statements is FALSE? a Linens should be held away from your uniform. b. You should clean away from your body and uniform. c. You should clean from the cleanest to the dirtiest. d Equipment can be taken from one resident's room to another room as long as the equipment has not been used. 18. A resident is dangling from the side of her bed and you observe she has cyanosis, is pale and has difficulty breathing. You should a. Return the resident to a lying position. b. Immediately report your observation to the nurse. c. Encourage the resident to dangle a while longer. d. Ask the resident to push both fists into the miattress for support. 19. You are removing dirty linen from the bed. You should a Roll the linen toward you. b. Roll the linen away from you. C. Shake the linen to remove particles. d. Place the dirty linen on the floor so that it does not get near the clean linen. 20. Which of the following about making an occupied bed is TRUE? a. An occupied bed is made for a resident who will be up. b. When making an occupied bed, the far side rail must be up at all times. c. An occupied bed is made with the bed in the lowest possible horizontal position. d. After an occupied bed is made, it is left in highest horizontal position. 21. You are giving mouth care to an unconscious resident. You must be especially careful to prevent the resident from a Eating the toothpaste. b. Aspirating fluid. C. Talking during the procedure. d. Biting down on the toothbrush. 22. Your duty is to perform pericare on an uncircumcised male resident. Which of the following statements is TRUE? a. You should perform pericare as if the resident was circumcised. b. There is no difference in the procedure for circumcised and uncircumcised men. c. The labium is separated then downward strokes from front to back are used to clean the area, d. The foreskin should be retracted and after cleaning, returned to its natural position 23. The most common causes of pressure sores are a. Moisture or dry skin. b. Pressure and friction c. Poor circulation to an area. d. Irritation by urine and feces. 24. All the following statements are about maintaining normal elimination. Which is FALSE? a. Provide for the resident's privacy. b. Always stay with a resident who is on a bed pan. c. Help the resident to assume a normal position for urination. d. Help the resident to the bathroom or commode, or bedpan or urinal, as soon as requested. 25. Which of the following is FALSE about a resident with a catheter? a. Tape the catheter to the inner thigh. b. Coil the drainage tubing on the bed. c. Make sure the drainage tubing is free of kinks. d. Keep the drainage bag above the level of the bladder. 26. When collecting a urine specimen, you should a. Use the appropriate container b. Have the laboratory label the specimen. c Collect the specimen when it is convenient. d. Take the specimen to the lab when it is convenient 27. When observing urine, you should report all of the following except a Odor. b. Color c. Clearness. d. Consistency 28. The perineal area is cleaned immediately before collecting a a 24-hour urine specimen b. Routine urine specimen c. clean-catch urine specimen d. Fresh-fractional urine specimen 29. Which of the following actions will NOT maintain a resident's quality of life? a. Tell the resident's family that the resident is incontinent. b. Stand outside the curtain or door while the resident urinates c. Replace the resident's incontinent pads as often as necessary

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15. C. Requires gloves, gowns and goggles

Reason: It helps to protect from blood borne and other infections

16. d. Medical asepsis

17.d. Equipment can be taken from one resident's room to another room as long as the equipment has not been used.

Reason: It can increase the risk of infection.

18.a. Return the resident to a lying position

Reason: Provide him a comfortable position. Other wise it can leads to fall of the resident.