A nurse is observing a student nurse. What action by the student demonstrates the need for more education on Standard Precautions?

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Standard Precautions operates under the principle that all bodily fluids other than sweat could potentially contain infectious microbial agents that pose a risk to the healthcare worker. Contact with skin, if free of those fluids, does not require wearing gloves, so the nurse would provide more education to the student. Hand hygiene is the first step of Standard Precautions. The student is being prudent by confirming a possible source of contamination. Nurses determine which infection prevention practice to use based upon the type of client-nurse interaction and the possibility of exposure to blood, other body fluids, or pathogens, so wearing a gown while cleaning liquid stool is appropriate.

A Nurse Is Observing a Student Nurse