Standard Precautions Involve Using Personal Protective Equipment with All Patients

question 13

Multiple Choice

Standard precautions involve using personal protective equipment with all patients regardless of the presence of infections.Therefore when obtaining a blood sample,the nurse must wear:

• A) a mask.
• B) gloves.
• C) gloves and a mask.
• D) gloves, a mask, and a gown.

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Definitions:

Probability Density Function

A function that describes the likelihood of a continuous random variable falling within a particular range of values.

Total Area

In statistical terms, often refers to the entirety of the area under a probability distribution curve, which equals 1 or 100%.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used to make inferences about a population.

Nonnormal Population

A population distribution that does not fit the normal (bell-shaped) distribution pattern, often having skewness or kurtosis.