A Nurse Is Instructing a Nursing Student About Principles of Aseptic

question 31

Multiple Choice

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) avoid coughing, sneezing, or unnecessary talking near or over a sterile field."
• B) avoid reaching across or above a sterile field with my bare hands or arms."
• C) open the wrapper of a sterile pack toward my body, the proximal flap first."
• D) keep my sterile gloved hands in sight, away from all unsterile objects."

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