Module 4 review sheet

Question 1

Coumadin, warfarin, heparin and aspirin are examples of medications that can be considered

Answer 1

anticoagulants

Question 2

ways that antibiotics can be administered

Question 3

True / False: Every hospitalized patient should be considered to be in “advanced precautions”.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which category of medications would a patient who has received an organ transplant receive to try to prevent the body from “rejecting” the new tissue?

Answer 4

immunosupressants

Question 5

all bodily fluids should be considered

Answer 5

infectious at all times without exceptions

Question 6

Identify two things to bear in mind when working with a patient taking a narcotic medication

Answer 6

1. Transdermal patches
2. Inaccurate feedback

Question 7

best way to prevent spread of infectious diseases

Answer 7

wash your hands

Question 8

What is the class of medication used in an emergency department to break down blood clots?

Answer 8

thrombolytics

Question 9

antipyretics are typically used to control

Answer 9

fever

Question 10

When reviewing a patient’s chart you see they have been placed in “contact isolation” because of an infection of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Which of the following would you need to wear to enter the room?

Answer 10

gloves and gown

Question 11

If a patient is in enteric precautions for an infection of Clostridium difficile (C-Diff), using hand sanitizer is not enough - you must

Answer 11

wash your hands with soap and water

Question 12

A patient who has a temporary (or sometimes permanent opening in the front of the neck into the trachea to create an airway is said to have a

Answer 12

tracheostomy

Question 13

13. Ibuprophen, Naproxen, Celebrex are examples of what type of medication?

Answer 13

NSAIDS

Question 14

When a patient is placed in “droplet isolation precautions” for influenza or the mumps, practitioners who enter the room must wear

Answer 14

a mask

Question 15

examples of body fluids

Answer 15

urine
saliva
breastmilk

Question 16

Before seeing a patient in advanced isolation precautions where you must wear gloves to enter the room, you must still ____ _____ ____before putting on the gloves

Answer 16

wash your hands

Question 17

True / False: When entering a room where you must wear glove, mask and gown, the first thing you put on are always the gloves. (1 pt)

Answer 17

FALSE