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NUR 215 - EXAM 1 (Modules 1-3) Latest Update Graded A+
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NUR 215 - EXAM 1 (Modules 1-3) Latest 
 
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Autonomy the right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their 
healthcare provider trying to influence the decision 
 
Beneficence addresses the idea that a nurse's actions should promote good 
 
Define Active Artificial Immunity IMMUNIZATION 
Body produces antibodies in response to vaccine. 
 
Define Active Immunity Antibodies in response to an antigen; Permanent immunity; B & T 
lymphocytes; Specific Antibo...
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EVIT Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest Version 2025 Verified
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List the major structures of the lymphatic system. - Tonsils, spleen, nodes, lymph 
vessels, thymus (not thyroid) 
What are the three things required for an infection to occur? - Pathogen, host, 
mode of transmission 
List and describe the six links of the chain of infection. - Pathogen - organism that 
causes disease 
Reservoir - a place for the pathogen to multiple 
Place of exit - how the pathogen leaves the reservoir 
Method of transmission- how the pathogen travels to a new host 
Portal of ...
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MIC 130 Exam 1 questions with correct answers
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isolation - Correct Answer-= 
 
Define the germ theory of disease and describe the historical advances toward that knowledge. - Correct Answer-Germ theory: Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens 
 
(germs are microbes/organisms that cause infectious disease, also known as a pathogen) 
 
Summarize how infectious diseases are different than other diseases - Correct Answer-Infectious diseases are spread person to person, by vector, airborne, etc. whereas diseases such as diabetes are not cont...
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Infection Prevention and Control Sepsis || Already Passed.
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Define Infection correct answers The invasion of a susceptible host by potentially harmful microorganisms (Pathogens), resulting in disease. 
 
Define Colonization correct answers This occurs when microorganisms invade the host but they do not cause infection. 
 
Define Contagious (Communicable) Disease. correct answers An infectious disease that is transmitted directly from one person to another. 
 
Define a Symptomatic Pathogen correct answers A pathogen that causes clinical signs and symptoms...
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CBIC EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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Define administrative controls. Give an example - correct answer the use of administrative measures like enforcement measures, policies and procedures that are designed to reduce the risks of pathogenic transmissions in the health care setting. An example of an administrative control is a policy and procedure related to the disposal of sharps and other bio-hazardous waste. 
 
Define aerosols.What are they most commonly produced by? - correct answer small particles less than 10 µm that can remai...
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Infection Prevention and Control Sepsis Correct 100%
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Define Infection - ANSWER The invasion of a susceptible host by potentially harmful microorganisms (Pathogens), resulting in disease. 
 
Define Colonization - ANSWER This occurs when microorganisms invade the host but they do not cause infection. 
 
Define Contagious (Communicable) Disease. - ANSWER An infectious disease that is transmitted directly from one person to another. 
 
Define a Symptomatic Pathogen - ANSWER A pathogen that causes clinical signs and symptoms 
 
Define a Asymptomatic Pa...
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NSG 310 Quiz 2 Questions and Correct Answers
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Define infectivity not all pathogens are created equally 
Define pathogen microorganisms that are capable of causing infectious disease; categorized as viruses bacteria, and fungi 
Define host The human or animal invaded and colonized by a pathogen 
Define Colonization a pathogen living within the host, but does not mean infection exists (not always causing the problem) 
Define infection invasion, colonization, and multiplication of pathogens within the host 
Define Virulence the severity or har...
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DENTAL HYG 450 Final Exam Study Guide Principles of Dental Hygiene 2
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Principles of Dental Hygiene 1 
Final Exam Study Guide 
Use this guide to help you study for the final exam. Be sure to review all PowerPoints and 
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:Describe each mode of disease transmission and give an example of each in the dental settingDirect contact: direct exposure to body tissues/secretions with broken skinIndirect contact: injury w/ contaminated sharps & contact with contaminated surfacesDroplet infection: splatter/spray of microbes onto mucus membrane/broken skinAirborne par...
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Immunology Final (Kuby Ch 1-13) 176 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2024
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Define "immunity" - ️️The state of being resistant to reinfection with a pathogen 
 
What happens to a pathogen as it becomes attenuated? - ️️It has weakened virulence 
 
Which of the following is the BEST example of herd immunity? - ️️A child infected with measles travels from Germany to the USA. Several babies contract the disease, but the outbreak is largely contained due to vaccinations. 
 
Which of the following diseases does NOT currently have an effective vaccine? 
 
A) Chic...
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NSG- 522- Final Exam Latest Updated Graded A+
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Epidemiology is defined as? - ANSWER-The STUDY of the DISTRIBUTION and DETERMINANTS of HEALTH-RELATED STATES OR EVENTS in specified POPULATIONS and the application of this knowledge to the CONTROL OF HEALTH PROBLEMS 
 
What are the core Epidemiological Functions? - ANSWER-Surveillance 
Field Investigations 
Analytic Studies 
Evaluation 
Linkages 
Policy 
 
What type of science is Epidemiology? - ANSWER-Quantitative 
 
What does measurement focus on in Epidemiology? - ANSWER-Distribution and Dete...
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