A nurse is using personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the room of a patient with diarrhea and vomiting who is being treated for an intestinal infection.
The nurse most likely needs to use which combination of PPE?

When the nurse performs a procedure using sterile technique in the patient's unit, it means that:

A young patient became ill with mononucleosis that she contracted from drinking out of the same glass as her boyfriend who also had the disease.

The glass, an inanimate object, has caused the indirect transmission.

The inanimate transmitter is called:

A patient has been diagnosed with vaginal candidiasis. The nurse recognizes that this condition is usually the result of:

A nurse is instructing a nursing student about principles of aseptic technique. The nurse would recognize the need for further instruction if the nursing student states, "I must:

A nurse is preparing a sterile field.
Which of the following actions should the nurse identify as contaminating the field?

The nurse is aware that the use of ethylene oxide gas is reserved for the sterilization of:

An organism that is included in the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing pneumonia (ESBL) group is:

When removing a used facemask, the nurse correctly:

The nurse is helping the health care provider perform a sterile procedure at the bedside.

Halfway through the procedure, the nurse believes the health care provider has contaminated the sterile field.

The nurse should:

When removing a used facemask, the nurse correctly: