NSG 1520 | SOUTH COLLEGE | QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
a living will - Answers - The client being admitted to the oncology unit conveys wishes
regarding resuscitation in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest. The nurse advises the
client that it would be in the client's best interest to obtain which document?
The client's plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for nursing
practice? - Answers - nursing process
Attracting minorities to the profession of nursing is an important consideration for the
future of nursing. Which key historical nursing figure set a precedent in this area? -
Answers - Mary Eliza Mahoney
The nurse has identified an ethical dilemma that has the potential to interfere with a
client receiving optimal care. The nurse discussed this issue with the charge nurse on
the unit. What action should the nurse choose next? - Answers - Monitor for resolution
of the problem
Theory of Animism - Answers - The belief that everything in nature was alive with
invisible forces and endowed power. Good spirits brought health; evil spirits brought
sickness and death.
How did Florence Nightingale decrease death rates? - Answers - cleaning the wards,
ventilation, sanitation, nutrition
Health - Answers - optimal state of well being
What are the nursing aims (goals) - Answers - promoting health, preventing illness,
restoring health, facilitating coping with disability or death
Examples of roles nurses take on - Answers - educators, collaborators, counselors
Factors affecting health - Answers - genetics, cognitive abilities, education level, race,
culture, age, gender, developmental level, lifestyle, socioeconomic status
QSEN competencies - Answers - Patient-Centered Care
Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics
, Guidelines for nursing practice - Answers - Standards of Nursing Practice
Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure
Nursing Process
Nursing Code of Ethics
Infection - Answers - entry of an infectious agent into the body; a microorganism
chain of infection - Answers - infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
infectious agent (Link 1) - Answers - a pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus that can
cause a disease
Reservoir (Link 2) - Answers - A place where the pathogen grows and reproduces
microorganisms are classified by - Answers - morphology, need for oxygen, and gram
staining
Virulence - Answers - ability to produce disease
Portal of Exit (Link 3) - Answers - any body opening on an infected person that allows
pathogens to leave
Modes of Transfer (Link 4) - Answers - * Direct personal contact with body excreta or
drainage from an ulcer, infected wound, boil, or chancre
* Indirect contact with contaminated inanimate objects, such as needles, eating utensils,
and dressings
* Vectors, such as mosquitoes, that harbor infectious agents and transmit through bites
and stings
* Droplet infection, or contamination by the aerosol route through sneezing and
coughing
* Spread of infection from one body part to another
Portal of Entry (Link 5) - Answers - Enter the body through eyes, mouth, nose, trachea,
skin, mucous membranes
Susceptible Host (Link 6) - Answers - a human host may be susceptible by virtue of
age,state of health, broken skin.
Defenses against infection - Answers - normal flora, body system defenses,
inflammation, immune response
normal flora - Answers - large number of microorganisms that reside on the surface and
deep layers of the skin, in saliva and oral mucosa, and in intestinal walls. Apart of the
body's natural defense system.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
a living will - Answers - The client being admitted to the oncology unit conveys wishes
regarding resuscitation in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest. The nurse advises the
client that it would be in the client's best interest to obtain which document?
The client's plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for nursing
practice? - Answers - nursing process
Attracting minorities to the profession of nursing is an important consideration for the
future of nursing. Which key historical nursing figure set a precedent in this area? -
Answers - Mary Eliza Mahoney
The nurse has identified an ethical dilemma that has the potential to interfere with a
client receiving optimal care. The nurse discussed this issue with the charge nurse on
the unit. What action should the nurse choose next? - Answers - Monitor for resolution
of the problem
Theory of Animism - Answers - The belief that everything in nature was alive with
invisible forces and endowed power. Good spirits brought health; evil spirits brought
sickness and death.
How did Florence Nightingale decrease death rates? - Answers - cleaning the wards,
ventilation, sanitation, nutrition
Health - Answers - optimal state of well being
What are the nursing aims (goals) - Answers - promoting health, preventing illness,
restoring health, facilitating coping with disability or death
Examples of roles nurses take on - Answers - educators, collaborators, counselors
Factors affecting health - Answers - genetics, cognitive abilities, education level, race,
culture, age, gender, developmental level, lifestyle, socioeconomic status
QSEN competencies - Answers - Patient-Centered Care
Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics
, Guidelines for nursing practice - Answers - Standards of Nursing Practice
Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure
Nursing Process
Nursing Code of Ethics
Infection - Answers - entry of an infectious agent into the body; a microorganism
chain of infection - Answers - infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
infectious agent (Link 1) - Answers - a pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus that can
cause a disease
Reservoir (Link 2) - Answers - A place where the pathogen grows and reproduces
microorganisms are classified by - Answers - morphology, need for oxygen, and gram
staining
Virulence - Answers - ability to produce disease
Portal of Exit (Link 3) - Answers - any body opening on an infected person that allows
pathogens to leave
Modes of Transfer (Link 4) - Answers - * Direct personal contact with body excreta or
drainage from an ulcer, infected wound, boil, or chancre
* Indirect contact with contaminated inanimate objects, such as needles, eating utensils,
and dressings
* Vectors, such as mosquitoes, that harbor infectious agents and transmit through bites
and stings
* Droplet infection, or contamination by the aerosol route through sneezing and
coughing
* Spread of infection from one body part to another
Portal of Entry (Link 5) - Answers - Enter the body through eyes, mouth, nose, trachea,
skin, mucous membranes
Susceptible Host (Link 6) - Answers - a human host may be susceptible by virtue of
age,state of health, broken skin.
Defenses against infection - Answers - normal flora, body system defenses,
inflammation, immune response
normal flora - Answers - large number of microorganisms that reside on the surface and
deep layers of the skin, in saliva and oral mucosa, and in intestinal walls. Apart of the
body's natural defense system.
