FPCC Exam 1, 2026 – Study and Practice Material
Nursing Interventions that break the chain of infection or reduce client's risk for infection -
correct answer ✔✔ hand hygiene, maintain clean environment, cough antique, implement
infection prevention, TEACH infection prevention, support host defenses
common examples of MDROs - correct answer ✔✔ MRSA: direct contact, crowed living
conditions, sepsis, pneumonia, surgical site infections
VRE: hospital failure to follow infection control
C. diff: prolonged antibiotic usage, spores survive for days
How nursing care supports the body's natural defenses and help prevent infection - correct
answer ✔✔ Medical asepsis( clean technique): hand washing, clean environment, protective
equipments
Lifestyle factors that promote normal defenses/prevent infection - correct answer ✔✔
Nutrition&hydration: maintain production of WBC, repair damaged tissue, replace lost stores
Hygiene: decrease bacterial count on skin
Rest/Sleep: conserve energy needed for hraling
Exercise: too little-slow circulation&low O2/too much- fatigue and joint injury
Stress reduction: improves immunization, O2, movement
Immunizations: protect against common infectious diseases
Increased risk for infection - correct answer ✔✔ break in skin, illness/injury/chronic disease,
tobacco, multiple sex partners, nursing/medical procedures
Clinical manifestations local vs systemic infection - correct answer ✔✔ Local: specific/limited
region. ex-wound, respiratory, urinary, eyes/ears/throat
, systemic: throughout body, in blood or lymph. ex-bactermia and septicemia
source of infection; exogenous vs endogenous - correct answer ✔✔ exogenous: pathogen is
acquired from healthcare environment
endogenous: normal flora, when some form fo treatment causes the normally harmless
microbe to multiply and cause infection
length of infection; acute vs chronic vs latent - correct answer ✔✔ acute: rapid onset last short
POT(common cold)
chronic: develop slowly and last weeks/months/yrs or recur after a time of remission(tick bite)
latent: no symptoms for long POT (TB, HIV)
1st stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ incubation: invasion til 1st sign of symptoms,
patient is unaware of infecting others
2nd stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ prodomal: 1st appearance of symptoms til
onset of illness
3rd stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ illness: signs and symptoms both occur, may
result in death if left untreated
4th stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ decline: the number of pathogenic
organisms start to decline, s/s fade
5th stage of infection control - correct answer ✔✔ convalescence: healing begins, pathogens
are down to zero, completely over it
Nursing Interventions that break the chain of infection or reduce client's risk for infection -
correct answer ✔✔ hand hygiene, maintain clean environment, cough antique, implement
infection prevention, TEACH infection prevention, support host defenses
common examples of MDROs - correct answer ✔✔ MRSA: direct contact, crowed living
conditions, sepsis, pneumonia, surgical site infections
VRE: hospital failure to follow infection control
C. diff: prolonged antibiotic usage, spores survive for days
How nursing care supports the body's natural defenses and help prevent infection - correct
answer ✔✔ Medical asepsis( clean technique): hand washing, clean environment, protective
equipments
Lifestyle factors that promote normal defenses/prevent infection - correct answer ✔✔
Nutrition&hydration: maintain production of WBC, repair damaged tissue, replace lost stores
Hygiene: decrease bacterial count on skin
Rest/Sleep: conserve energy needed for hraling
Exercise: too little-slow circulation&low O2/too much- fatigue and joint injury
Stress reduction: improves immunization, O2, movement
Immunizations: protect against common infectious diseases
Increased risk for infection - correct answer ✔✔ break in skin, illness/injury/chronic disease,
tobacco, multiple sex partners, nursing/medical procedures
Clinical manifestations local vs systemic infection - correct answer ✔✔ Local: specific/limited
region. ex-wound, respiratory, urinary, eyes/ears/throat
, systemic: throughout body, in blood or lymph. ex-bactermia and septicemia
source of infection; exogenous vs endogenous - correct answer ✔✔ exogenous: pathogen is
acquired from healthcare environment
endogenous: normal flora, when some form fo treatment causes the normally harmless
microbe to multiply and cause infection
length of infection; acute vs chronic vs latent - correct answer ✔✔ acute: rapid onset last short
POT(common cold)
chronic: develop slowly and last weeks/months/yrs or recur after a time of remission(tick bite)
latent: no symptoms for long POT (TB, HIV)
1st stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ incubation: invasion til 1st sign of symptoms,
patient is unaware of infecting others
2nd stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ prodomal: 1st appearance of symptoms til
onset of illness
3rd stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ illness: signs and symptoms both occur, may
result in death if left untreated
4th stage of infection process - correct answer ✔✔ decline: the number of pathogenic
organisms start to decline, s/s fade
5th stage of infection control - correct answer ✔✔ convalescence: healing begins, pathogens
are down to zero, completely over it
