When Removing a Used Facemask, the Nurse Correctly

question 24

Multiple Choice

When removing a used facemask, the nurse correctly:

• A) lowers it below his chin to use the next time he enters that patient's room.
• B) removes the mask first before removing any other PPE.
• C) unties the bottom ties first, then the top, and disposes of the mask without touching it.
• D) discards the mask only if it is wet; otherwise, he folds and stores it to reuse the next time.

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Definitions:

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that combine to form proteins and are essential to many biological functions.

Ribosomes

Molecular machines within cells that synthesize proteins by translating messenger RNA into polypeptide chains.

mRNA Codons

Sequences of three nucleotides in messenger RNA that specify the addition of a particular amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.

DNA Triplets

Sequences of three nucleotides in DNA that code for a specific amino acid or a start/stop signal in protein synthesis.