INP 100 EXAMPREP TEST BANK VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
● High Fowler's Position. Answer: resident sitting up almost straight, at
60 to 90 degrees
● supine position. Answer: lying on the back
● Trendelenburg position. Answer: bed tilts with head down
● Reverse Trendelenburg. Answer: Bed tilts with foot down
● dorsal recumbent. Answer: lying on back with legs bent and feet flat
● prone position. Answer: lying face down
● lithotomy position. Answer: lying on back with legs raised and feet in
stirrups
● knee-chest position. Answer: patient is lying face down with the hips
bent so that the knees and chest rest on the table (bum in the air)
,● Sims (lateral). Answer: side laying
● Order of linens. Answer: - Fitted sheet
- Slider sheet
- Soaker pad
- Flat / bottom / white sheet
- Flannel
- Blanket
- Quilt
- Pillow case
● Infectious agent. Answer: a pathogen/microorganism such as a
bacterium or virus that can cause a disease
resident: deeply embedded
transient: easily removed
● Potential for microorganism to be pathogenic. Answer: - Sufficient
amount
- Virulence (strength)
- Pathogenicity (capability)
- Ability to enter and survive in host
- Host susceptibility
,● Infection. Answer: invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism;
colonized in prolific amounts
can be transmitted to others (are communicable)
● exogenous infection. Answer: external microorganisms that do not
belong to the individuals normal flora (person to person)
● endogenous infection. Answer: clients flora is altered from another
part of body
ex. pinkeye bum to mouth
● Reservoir. Answer: A place where the pathogen grows and reproduces
ex. Human body, animals, plants, soil, inanimate objects, water, food
● portal of exit. Answer: path by which agent leaves reservoir
ex: mouth, nose, eyes, rectum, wounds
carried though blood and bodily fluids
● excretions. Answer: feces, urine, vomit
● secretions. Answer: saliva, mucous, semen, sputum
, ● mode of transmission. Answer: Specific ways in which
microorganisms travel from the reservoir to the suseptible host
● contact transmission. Answer: the spread of an agent of disease by
direct contact, indirect contact, or droplet transmission
● direct contact transmission. Answer: person to person/ skin to skin
transmission
ex. c.diff, staph, MRSA, heroes simplex, VRE, CPO
● indirect contact transmission. Answer: spreads to a host by a nonliving
object called a fomite
ex. c.diff, staph, RSV, MRSA, VRE, CPO
● droplet transmission. Answer: transmission via airborne droplets from
the respiratory system of an infected source less than 1 meter
● airborne transmission. Answer: smaller airborne particles can remain
suspended in the air for long periods of time, can be transmitted over a
meter away
● Airborne precautions. Answer: -isolation, neg pressure room
-staff wear n95 prior to entering
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
● High Fowler's Position. Answer: resident sitting up almost straight, at
60 to 90 degrees
● supine position. Answer: lying on the back
● Trendelenburg position. Answer: bed tilts with head down
● Reverse Trendelenburg. Answer: Bed tilts with foot down
● dorsal recumbent. Answer: lying on back with legs bent and feet flat
● prone position. Answer: lying face down
● lithotomy position. Answer: lying on back with legs raised and feet in
stirrups
● knee-chest position. Answer: patient is lying face down with the hips
bent so that the knees and chest rest on the table (bum in the air)
,● Sims (lateral). Answer: side laying
● Order of linens. Answer: - Fitted sheet
- Slider sheet
- Soaker pad
- Flat / bottom / white sheet
- Flannel
- Blanket
- Quilt
- Pillow case
● Infectious agent. Answer: a pathogen/microorganism such as a
bacterium or virus that can cause a disease
resident: deeply embedded
transient: easily removed
● Potential for microorganism to be pathogenic. Answer: - Sufficient
amount
- Virulence (strength)
- Pathogenicity (capability)
- Ability to enter and survive in host
- Host susceptibility
,● Infection. Answer: invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism;
colonized in prolific amounts
can be transmitted to others (are communicable)
● exogenous infection. Answer: external microorganisms that do not
belong to the individuals normal flora (person to person)
● endogenous infection. Answer: clients flora is altered from another
part of body
ex. pinkeye bum to mouth
● Reservoir. Answer: A place where the pathogen grows and reproduces
ex. Human body, animals, plants, soil, inanimate objects, water, food
● portal of exit. Answer: path by which agent leaves reservoir
ex: mouth, nose, eyes, rectum, wounds
carried though blood and bodily fluids
● excretions. Answer: feces, urine, vomit
● secretions. Answer: saliva, mucous, semen, sputum
, ● mode of transmission. Answer: Specific ways in which
microorganisms travel from the reservoir to the suseptible host
● contact transmission. Answer: the spread of an agent of disease by
direct contact, indirect contact, or droplet transmission
● direct contact transmission. Answer: person to person/ skin to skin
transmission
ex. c.diff, staph, MRSA, heroes simplex, VRE, CPO
● indirect contact transmission. Answer: spreads to a host by a nonliving
object called a fomite
ex. c.diff, staph, RSV, MRSA, VRE, CPO
● droplet transmission. Answer: transmission via airborne droplets from
the respiratory system of an infected source less than 1 meter
● airborne transmission. Answer: smaller airborne particles can remain
suspended in the air for long periods of time, can be transmitted over a
meter away
● Airborne precautions. Answer: -isolation, neg pressure room
-staff wear n95 prior to entering
