Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 31, the student should be ready to
• Describe three types of accidents that can occur in the hospital or long term care environments
• Discuss the chain of infection.
• List the four modes of infection transmission.
• Define the term nosocomial infection.
• List the factors that the nurse considers when providing client hygiene.
• Describe the nursing process for the client at risk for injury or infection.
• Discuss the procedures the nurse uses to provide hygiene care for a client.