NSG120 FINAL PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS PREMIUM STUDY
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●● Onset
Answer: sudden OR acute- An acute disease indicates a short-term
illness that develops quickly with marked signs such as high fever or
severe pain—for example, acute appendicitis; onset may be insidious,
best described as a gradual progression with only vague or very mild
signs.
●● Chronic
Answer: often a milder condition developing gradually, such as
rheumatoid arthritis, but it persists for a long time and usually causes
more permanent tissue damage. Often a chronic disease is marked by
intermittent acute episodes.
●● Subclinical (stage/phase)
Answer: in which pathologic changes occur but the patient exhibits no
obvious manifestations, perhaps because of the great reserve capacity of
some organs.
●● Latent stage
,Answer: "silent" stage, in which no clinical signs are evident,
characterizes some diseases. In infectious diseases this stage may be
referred to as the incubation period, which is the time between exposure
to the microorganism and the onset of signs or symptoms; it may last for
a day or so or may be prolonged, perhaps for days or weeks.
●● Disease transmission of an insect bite
Answer: The injury occurs when the insect either bites or stings the
patient. Venom is injected into the tissue, resulting in the body's response
to a foreign protein.
●● Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Tick Bite disease transmission
Answer: The causative agent, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted by the
wood tick and is carried in the feces of infected ticks. It is introduced
into the bloodstream of a person during a prolonged tick bite.
●● Symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Answer: Class triad: headache, fever, maculopapular rash (bumps and
petechial rash)
high fever
●● Malaria/Mosquito bite disease transmission
Answer: Malaria is caused by four species of the protozoan genus
Plasmodium, which is transmitted from infected human to human by the
,bite of mosquito vectors or, less commonly, by blood transfusion or IV
drug use.
●● Disease transmission of animal/human bites
Answer: The bite occurs when the offending animal is agitated,
frightened, threatened, or angry. Bites can be from domestic animals,
such as cats and dogs; farm animals; or wild animals, such as skunks,
bats, raccoons, and foxes. Human bites have been recorded.
The pattern of the teeth marks is helpful in determining the type of bite,
human or animal, and the type of animal that did the biting if not
immediately known.
●● Snake bite disease transmission
Answer: Four kinds of poisonous snakes are known to inhabit the United
States: rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, and coral snakes.
Some bites are the work of nonpoisonous snakes, but all snakebites
should be treated as poisonous by the first aid provider.
●● Cardinal Signs of Inflammation
Answer: The cardinal signs of inflammation are redness (rubor or
erythema), heat, swelling, and pain; sometimes loss of function
, ●● Diangostic blood changes that may indicate inflammation?
Answer: *Leukocytosis (increased WBC)
*Differential count of WBC
*plasma protein (increased prothrombin and fibrinogen)
*CRP (appears with acute inflammation and necrosis)
*increased ESR
*cell enzymes present (may indicate necrosis)
●● Treatment of inflammation
Answer: *Drugs - Aspirin, NSAIDS, etc.
*RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation)
*Compression stockings
*Moderate exercise
●● Opportunistic infection
Answer: Microbes that are not usually pathogenic but can become
pathogenic when transferred into another location of the body, if the
balance of the species is not maintained, or if the body's defense is
impaired.
●● Stages of Pressure Ulcers
AND CORRECT ANSWERS PREMIUM STUDY
SHEET
●● Onset
Answer: sudden OR acute- An acute disease indicates a short-term
illness that develops quickly with marked signs such as high fever or
severe pain—for example, acute appendicitis; onset may be insidious,
best described as a gradual progression with only vague or very mild
signs.
●● Chronic
Answer: often a milder condition developing gradually, such as
rheumatoid arthritis, but it persists for a long time and usually causes
more permanent tissue damage. Often a chronic disease is marked by
intermittent acute episodes.
●● Subclinical (stage/phase)
Answer: in which pathologic changes occur but the patient exhibits no
obvious manifestations, perhaps because of the great reserve capacity of
some organs.
●● Latent stage
,Answer: "silent" stage, in which no clinical signs are evident,
characterizes some diseases. In infectious diseases this stage may be
referred to as the incubation period, which is the time between exposure
to the microorganism and the onset of signs or symptoms; it may last for
a day or so or may be prolonged, perhaps for days or weeks.
●● Disease transmission of an insect bite
Answer: The injury occurs when the insect either bites or stings the
patient. Venom is injected into the tissue, resulting in the body's response
to a foreign protein.
●● Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Tick Bite disease transmission
Answer: The causative agent, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted by the
wood tick and is carried in the feces of infected ticks. It is introduced
into the bloodstream of a person during a prolonged tick bite.
●● Symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Answer: Class triad: headache, fever, maculopapular rash (bumps and
petechial rash)
high fever
●● Malaria/Mosquito bite disease transmission
Answer: Malaria is caused by four species of the protozoan genus
Plasmodium, which is transmitted from infected human to human by the
,bite of mosquito vectors or, less commonly, by blood transfusion or IV
drug use.
●● Disease transmission of animal/human bites
Answer: The bite occurs when the offending animal is agitated,
frightened, threatened, or angry. Bites can be from domestic animals,
such as cats and dogs; farm animals; or wild animals, such as skunks,
bats, raccoons, and foxes. Human bites have been recorded.
The pattern of the teeth marks is helpful in determining the type of bite,
human or animal, and the type of animal that did the biting if not
immediately known.
●● Snake bite disease transmission
Answer: Four kinds of poisonous snakes are known to inhabit the United
States: rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins, and coral snakes.
Some bites are the work of nonpoisonous snakes, but all snakebites
should be treated as poisonous by the first aid provider.
●● Cardinal Signs of Inflammation
Answer: The cardinal signs of inflammation are redness (rubor or
erythema), heat, swelling, and pain; sometimes loss of function
, ●● Diangostic blood changes that may indicate inflammation?
Answer: *Leukocytosis (increased WBC)
*Differential count of WBC
*plasma protein (increased prothrombin and fibrinogen)
*CRP (appears with acute inflammation and necrosis)
*increased ESR
*cell enzymes present (may indicate necrosis)
●● Treatment of inflammation
Answer: *Drugs - Aspirin, NSAIDS, etc.
*RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation)
*Compression stockings
*Moderate exercise
●● Opportunistic infection
Answer: Microbes that are not usually pathogenic but can become
pathogenic when transferred into another location of the body, if the
balance of the species is not maintained, or if the body's defense is
impaired.
●● Stages of Pressure Ulcers
