A Nurse Is Teaching a Nursing Student How to Care

question 8

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a nursing student how to care for patients in the perioperative period. Which statement by the student about preventing postoperative infections indicates a need for further teaching?

• A) "Applying hexachlorophene to the operative site preoperatively will help prevent infection."
• B) "It is important to ensure that all surgical instruments have been sterilized appropriately."
• C) "Operating room personnel should all perform a presurgical scrub with antimicrobial soap."
• D) "Preventing contamination by microorganisms in the environment is the most important perioperative measure."

Recognize the elements of symbolic culture and their importance.

Understand how norms, values, and sanctions function within a society.

Understand the concepts of norms including folkways, mores, taboos, and their roles in shaping behavior within societies.

Identify the concept and examples of negative sanctions and how they enforce societal norms.

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Definitions:

Compaction

Process by which soil, sediment, and volcanic materials lose pore space in response to the weight of overlying material.

Cementation

The precipitation of a binding material (the cement) around grains in sedimentary rocks.

Rock Types

Rock types are classifications of rocks based on their genesis, including three main categories: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

Conglomerate

A coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments larger than 2 mm in diameter, embedded in a matrix of finer particles and cemented together.