Sterile Technique And Asepsis Practice Test

A nurse is preparing to perform a sterile dressing change for a client with a surgical incision on their right hip. The nurse has set up the sterile field on a bedside table and has opened the sterile gauze and saline. Just as the nurse is about to don sterile gloves, the client coughs directly over the sterile field.

The nurse is preparing to insert an indwelling urinary catheter for an adult client. After setting up the sterile kit and donning sterile gloves, the nurse realizes they have forgotten to pick up the sterile lubricant packet from the tray before touching the client's labia with their non-dominant hand.