NURS 325 Exam 1 (module 1) with Complete Solutions. [2024]

What created the guidelines for effecting infection control practices? correct answers Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) What is the chain of infection? correct answers 1. infectious/causative agent 2. reservoir 3. portal of exit 4. means of transmission 5. portal of entry 6. susceptible host What could the infectious agent be? correct answers -bacteria -viruses -fungi -parasites what is the most commonly observed infection-causing agent? correct answers bacteria what are some characteristic of bacteria? correct answers -cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod shaped), spirochetes (corkscrew) -gram postive (thick cell wall that resists decolorization and stains violet) vs gram negative ( complex cell walls that can be decolorized; does not stain -aerobic (requires oxygen) vs anaerobic (does not require oxygen -treated with antibiotics What are the smaller microorganisms (infectious agent)? correct answers viruses What do viruses cause? Are antibiotics effective? correct answers -cause the common hold, hepatitis B and C, AIDS -antibiotics are not effective What are the plant like organisms that are present in air, soil, water? (infectious agent) correct answers fungi Examples of fungi? correct answers athletes foot ringworm, yeast infection What are the organisms that live on or in the host for nourishment? (infectious agent) correct answers parasite what is "reservoir" in the chain of infection? correct answers growth and multiplication of microorganisms in the natural habitat of the organisms EX: other people, animals, soil, food, water, milk, other objects