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NR 224 EXAM 1 LATEST 2 VERSIONS (VERSION A & B) ACTUAL
EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+||CHAMBERLAINE
COLLEGE

Infection - ANSWER: The invasion of a susceptible host by pathogens or
microorganisms, resulting in disease

Colonization - ANSWER: Occurs when a microorganism invades the host but does
not cause infection. You may get colonized and not realize you are carrying an
infection

Asymptomatic - ANSWER: Clinical signs and symptoms are not present in an
infection

Types of Infecting Agents - ANSWER: Bacteria, Fungus, Protozoa, or Virus

Communicable Disease - ANSWER: The infectious disease transmitted from one
person to another, easily spread

Most Important Way to Prevent Infection - ANSWER: Hand Hygiene

Chain of Infection - ANSWER: Portal of entry, host, infectious agent, reservoir,
portal of exit, mode of transmission, and then back to portal of entry, and it
continues in a cycle.

Reservoir - ANSWER: A place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await
transfer to a susceptible host

Transmission Through Direct Contact - ANSWER: Person to person
Person to source

Transmission Through Indirect Contact - ANSWER: Person to inanimate object

Transmission Through Droplet - ANSWER: Coughing, sneezing, talking (large particle
only 3ft)

Transmission Through Airborne - ANSWER: Droplet nuclei or residue suspended in
air or carried on dust particles

Transmission Through Vehicles - ANSWER: Food, water, drugs and solutions, blood,
fomites (organic something)

Transmission Through Vector - ANSWER: External transfer

,Internal transmission (parasitic)
Mosquito, louse, flea, tick

Immunocompromised - ANSWER: Having an impaired immune system

Virulence - ANSWER: The ability to produce disease, how strong the disease is, the
intensity of the disease

Aerobic Bacteria - ANSWER: Requires oxygen for survival and for multiplication
sufficient to cause disease

Anaerobic Bacteria - ANSWER: Thrive where little or no oxygen is available

Bacteriostasis - ANSWER: Prevention of growth and reproduction of bacteria

Bactericidal - ANSWER: Destructive to bacteria

Four Stages of Infection - ANSWER: 1. Incubation Period
2. Prodromal Stage
3. Illness Stage
4. Convalescence

Incubation Period - ANSWER: The first stage of the infectious process. It is the time
interval between entrance of the pathogen and appearance of the first symptoms.

Prodromal Stage - ANSWER: The second stage of the infectious process. It is the
interval between onset of nonspecific symptoms to more specific symptoms. You
don't feel well, but you aren't sure why

Illness Stage - ANSWER: The third stage of the infectious process. The interval when
a patient manifests signs and symptoms specific to the type of infection. You have
the illness and can confirm what it is

Convalescence - ANSWER: The interval when acute symptoms of infection
disappear, you start feeling better.

Localized Infection - ANSWER: Patient experiences symptoms in one specific area,
the infection is in one spot. There is no fever (fever means it's systemic)

Systemic Infection - ANSWER: An infection that affects the entire body, it can be
fatal if not detected or untreated.

Normal Flora - ANSWER: Microorganisms that reside normally in our body. They
help resist infection by releasing antibacterial substances and inhibiting
multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms

, Body Defense Mechanisms Against Infection - ANSWER: Normal flora, intact skin,
mucus membranes, cilli in respiratory system, fever, inflammation, vascular and
cellular response, and tissue repair

Inflammation - ANSWER: Vascular and cellular response leads to blood gathering in
the area, exudates appear (serous=clear, sanguineous=red, purulent=white/yellow),
tissue repair

Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) - ANSWER: Also called nosocomial infection,
results from delivery of health services in a health care facility. Can occur as the
result of invasive procedures, antibiotic administration, the presence of multidrug-
resistant organisms, and breaks in infection prevention and control activities

Patients at Risk for HAI - ANSWER: If the patient has multiple illnesses, older adults,
poorly nourished, lowered resistance to infection critical/chronic illness, invasive
treatment devices, many procedures, and young children

Major Sites for HAI Infections - ANSWER: Surgical or traumatic wounds, urinary and
respiratory tracts, bloodstream, any skin openings, and breaks in mucus membranes

Iatrogenic HAI - ANSWER: HAI from a diagnostic/therapeutic procedure
Ex) a dialysis patient repeatedly coming to the hospital, a patient with a catheter
inserted poorly or cleaned poorly

Exogenous - ANSWER: From microorganisms found outside the individual

Endogenous - ANSWER: Occurs when part of the client's flora becomes altered and
an overgrowth results
Ex) c.diff

Standard Precautions - ANSWER: Prevent and control infection and its spread.

Medical Asepsis - ANSWER: Controlling pathogen, hand hygiene, common on home,
ECF, assisted living

Sterile Asepsis - ANSWER: Killing or eliminating the pathogen, scrub (surgical), PPE
sterile handling, common in hospitals

Principles of Surgical Asepsis - ANSWER: 1. A sterile object only remains sterile if
touched by another sterile object
2. Only sterile objects may be placed in a sterile field
3. A sterile object or field out of range of vision or an object held below a persons
waist is contaminated
4. A sterile object or field becomes contaminated by prolonged exposure to air
5. When a sterile surface comes in contact with a wet, contaminated surface, the
sterile object or field becomes contaminated by capillary action
6. Fluid flows the in the direction of gravity

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