NURS 215 (Fundamentals of Nursing,
Health & Wellness, Infection Control)
EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE ARIZONA
COLLEGE OF NURSING
What are the 2 'Modes of Transmission'?
✔✔Direct and indirect; Contact, Droplet, Airborne
What is direct transmission? Name 2 examples.
✔✔Person to person;
1. sex
2. contact with an open wound
What is indirect transmission? Name 2 examples.
✔✔Person to object;
1. stethoscope
2. keyboard
Name 5 routes a 'Portal of Entry' may be.
✔✔ANY opening!!!
-IV lines
-Breathing tubes
-Bug bites
-Skin/Mucous Membranes
-Respiratory
,What is a 'Susceptible Host'?
✔✔Person with inadequate defenses.
Name 5 examples of a 'Susceptible Hosts'.
✔✔-Very young
-Very old
-Chemotherapy patients
-Organ transplant patients
-Chronic illness patients
Define Native Immunity
✔✔Restricts entry of immediately responds to foreign organism.
Define Passive Immunity
✔✔Antibodies; Temporary immunity; Intact skin-1st line of defense;
Inflammatory response.
Define Specific Adaptive Immunity
✔✔Antibodies in response to a foreign organism.
Define Active Immunity
✔✔Antibodies in response to an antigen; Permanent immunity; B & T
lymphocytes; Specific Antibodies.
What are 6 primary defenses?
✔✔-Normal flora
, -Respiratory
-Skin
-Eyes
-Mouth
-GI
What are 4 secondary defenses?
✔✔-Phagocytes
-Complement Casade
-Inflammation
-Fever
What are the 4 tertiary defenses?
✔✔-Natural Active Immunity
-Natural Passive Immunity
-Artificial Active Immunity
-Artificial Passive Immunity
Define Active Natural Immunity
✔✔INFECTION
Body produces antibodies in response to exposure to live pathogen.
Define Active Artificial Immunity
✔✔IMMUNIZATION
Body produces antibodies in response to vaccine.
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