A nurse is preparing to enter an airborne-infection isolation room. Place the following PPE actions in the correct order.
Ordered Response
Choose your responses, then check the answer.
Explanation
Perform hand hygiene before touching clean PPE. Put on the gown, then the fit-tested N95 respirator, followed by eye protection when required for the anticipated exposure. Gloves are applied last so they cover the gown cuffs. The ordered sequence prevents contamination of clean PPE and ensures the respirator is positioned and seal-checked before gloves limit adjustment.
Perform hand hygiene before touching clean PPE. Put on the gown, then the fit-tested N95 respirator, followed by eye protection when required for the anticipated exposure. Gloves are applied last so they cover the gown cuffs. The ordered sequence prevents contamination of clean PPE and ensures the respirator is positioned and seal-checked before gloves limit adjustment.
Key cues
Use only the findings, timing, and orders stated in the scenario.
Clinical reasoning
Apply the requested nursing decision to this client rather than relying on a broad disease label.
Why the alternatives do not fit
The remaining responses are contradicted by the scenario, mistimed, outside scope, or unsafe.
Priority and safety
Address immediate threats first and reassess after intervention.
Takeaway
Choose only actions supported at this exact point in care.
Sources
Open RN Nursing Skills 2e
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