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NSE 111. Midterm Review Questions and Answers 2024
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NSE 111. Midterm Reviewpatient centered care - answer a standard of care that places the patient as the focus of
the care
DIPPS or DIPPERS - answer dignity, independence, privacy, preference, and safety;
dignity, independence, privacy, preference, empathy, respect, and safety
nursing process - answer a clinical decision-making approach to care that assists
nurses with identifying and treating health related concerns and helps the patient reach
their health outcomes/goals
assessment - answer collection of data or cues that are important to the patient's care to
understand the patient's needs
diagnosis - answer analysis of the assessment to determine key issues and create a
diagnosis
creation of outcomes/goals for the patient
planning - answercreation of a plan that identifies strategies to reach patient's health
outcomes
implementation - answercarrying out the plan of care
evaluation - answerdetermining if the implementation of the plan was successful in
reaching patient outcomes
infections - answera disease state that results from the entry of a pathogen into the
tissue of the host
pathogen - answera microorganism that causes disease
local - answerlimited to a specific part of the body
systemic - answerspreads throughout the entire body
chain of infection - answerinfectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
infectious agent - answerpathogen that causes disease
reservoir - answera site where pathogens can survive but may or may not multiple
, survival needs of pathogen - answerfood, water, pH level (5-8), minimal light, oxygen,
and temperature between 35-37 degrees
portal of exit - answerthe path by which the pathogen leaves the reservoir
mode of transmission - answerroute of transmission by which the pathogen travel from
the reservoir to host
direct - answerbetween infected individual and host (to skin)
indirect - answerbetween the host and contaminated object (intermediate object)
airborne - answerorganism travel from respiratory system of infected source to host
propelled through air farther than 1m (chicken pox, measles)
droplet - answerorganism travels from respiratory system of infected source to host
through air up to 2m (COVID-19)
vehicle - answerone contaminated source infects multiple hosts (water in Flint, MI)
vectorborne - answermicrobes transmitted from insects to humans (West Nile virus)
portal of entry - answerthe path by which the pathogen can enter the body (possibly
through the same path used for exiting)
susceptible host - answera person who gets an infection or disease
defences against infection - answerimmune system, normal flora, inflammatory
response, body system defence
factors that affect patient susceptibility - answerage, nutritional intake, stress, and
medication
Health care associated infection - answerAn infection that is acquired after admission
that is not present or incubating at the time of admission
aspesis - answerkeeping away disease-producing microorganisms
medical asepsis - answerreduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
surgical aspesis - answerUse of precise practices to eliminate all micro-organisms
including pathogens and spores from an object or area
routine practices - answerused in the care of all patients regardless of their diagnosis or
possible infection status
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