PN 1006 Midterm Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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PN 1006 Midterm Exam Questions With
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Another name for health-associated infections - answernosocomial infections
What does nosocomial infection mean? - answerInfection acquired through contact with
contamination in the hospital
- not present during admission
How many parts are...
PN 1006 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Another name for health-associated infections - answer✔nosocomial infections
What does nosocomial infection mean? - answer✔Infection acquired through contact with
contamination in the hospital
- not present during admission
How many parts are there to the chain of infection? - answer✔6 components
What are the 6 components of infection - answer✔1. transmission
2. portal of entry
3. host susceptibility
4. infectious agent
5. reservoir
6. portal of exit
What is the incubation period? - answer✔the period between exposure to an infection and the
appearance of the first symptoms
What is the prodromal period? - answer✔short period after incubation; early, mild symptoms
i.e pain, fever, swelling
What is the illness period? - answer✔shows the characteristic symptoms of infection/ obvious
and severe
i.e vomiting due to food poisoning
What is the convalescent period? - answer✔recovery from the infection
What is a vascular response? - answer✔causes vasodilation, allows blood flow to the area
Cellular response to infection - answer✔The damaged cells release chemicals including
histamine, bradykinin, and prostaglandins.
What is inflammatory exudate - answer✔fluid that leaks out of blood vessels into nearby
tissues
*pus
What does the tissue response to injury prevent? - answer✔spread of damaging agents to
nearby tissues
What is normal flora? - answer✔responsible for resistance to colonization by pathogenic
microorganisms
the absence of pathogenic (disease producing) microorganisms. - answer✔Asepsis
Clean technique the reduces organisms and prevents transfer - answer✔medical asepsis
Sterile technique that destroys microorganisms and their spores - answer✔Surgical asepsis
performing hand hygiene before and after contact with a patient is an example of -
answer✔medical asepsis
knowing a patient's susceptibility to infection (Age, nutritional status, stress) is an example of? -
answer✔Medical asepsis
educating patients about infection prevention is what type of care? - answer✔patient-centered
care
What is PPE? - answer✔personal protective equipment
What is cohorting? - answer✔grouping patients with same infection
How is C. difficile removed from a nurses hands? - answer✔Soap and Water
True or False
proper hand hygiene helps to protect other patients and health care workers. - answer✔true
Who is at greater risk for infection? - answer✔older adults
Do standard precautions apply to blood, blood products, all bodily fluids, secretions, excretions,
nonintact skin, and mucous membranes? - answer✔Yes - expect for sweat
When would a nurse use transmission based precautions - answer✔for care of patients who are
known or suspected to be infected, or colonized, with microorganisms
What are the different routes of transmission - answer✔airborne, contact, droplet
Does the nurse record the patient's response to social isolation? - answer✔yes
What does isolation cause? - answer✔creates sense of separation and loss of control
What are older adults signs for depression? - answer✔loss of appetite
decrease in verbal communication
insomnia
When would you place a patient on airborne infection precautions
* in an isolated room with negative pressure - answer✔when the patient has TB
What does CDC stand for? - answer✔Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What does the CDC do? - answer✔(Center for Disease Control) Research into causes and
investigates all outbreaks
What nursing model focuses on efficiency and getting as many tasks as possible done in the
shortest time.
* absence of holistic care - answer✔Functional nursing model
What nursing model involves the coordinated delivery of nursing care by various staff members?
* interprofessional - answer✔Team nursing model
One RN is teamed with an LPN to provide complete care for a group of patients throughout their
stay in a hospital unit is an example of? - answer✔Primary care nursing model
Emphasizes the coordination of an array of health services and links them to patients and their
families while streamlining costs and maintaining quality
*what type of nursing model - answer✔case management model
Many case managers use critical pathways, or "care maps," which are? -
answer✔multidisciplinary treatment plans for patients with specific case types
This model is viewed as the way to ensure that all professionals and providers can practice to the
full potential of their roles and competencies
*used by intraprofessional teams - answer✔collaborative practice model
Define mobility - answer✔person's ability to move about freely
what 4 things does an assessment on mobility focus on? - answer✔ROM
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