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Week 3 NCO
Week 3 Adding Items to a Sterile Field
Question | Answer |
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The nurse is placing supplies on a sterile field that is being prepared for a dressing change. Which action is likely to contaminate the field? | Placing the needed supplies near the back of the sterile field |
A patient requires all of the following interventions. Which one would the nurse perform last? | Change the dressing on the patient's newly established suprapubic catheter. |
Which direction to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) would help to maintain a sterile field while conducting a sterile procedure? | I'd like you to make sure that the patient doesn't reach toward the sterile field while I'm changing the dressing. |
While preparing supplies on a sterile field, a gauze pad falls off the sterile field. What should the nurse do? | Nothing |
Which action would minimize the risk of infection when placing prepackaged supplies on an established sterile field? | Do not allow the wrapper to touch the sterile field. |