MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 2023 EXAMS

MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 2023 EXAMS Diseases which can be transmitted through droplet nuclei or small particles which are dispersed into air currents - CORRECT ANSWERS AIRBORNE DISEASES An acute, highly contagious paramyxovirus infection marked by prodromal fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, koplik's spot - CORRECT ANSWERS MEASLES PATHOGNOMONIC SIGN FOR MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS KOPLIK'S SPOT What are the other name for MEASLES? - CORRECT ANSWERS 7- DAY MEASLES RED MEASLES MORBILLI RUBEOLA CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS RUBEOLA VIRUS INCUBATION PERIOD OF MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS 10 days after exposure 10-13 days after appearance of rashes Mode of transmission of measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Directly thru droplet infection from cough or sneeze Period of communicability for measles - CORRECT ANSWERS 9 days after exposure and lasting 4 days before and 5 days after appearance of rashes Source of infection for measles - CORRECT ANSWERS eyes, nose, throat secretions. blood, urine of infected person Immunity for measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Lifetime immunity Small red spots on the mucous membrane of the cheek, with a minute bluish-white specks in the center. Usually appears 1-2 days before the rash develops. - CORRECT ANSWERS Koplik's Spots What are the risk factors in the development of measles? - CORRECT ANSWERS Being unvaccinated Travelling Malnutrition Vitamin A deficiency Environmental factors Immunosuppression It is a stage where measles is highly communicable? - CORRECT ANSWERS Preeruptive stage Puffiness of the eyelids with red linear congestion of the lower conjunctiva - CORRECT ANSWERS Stimson's sign 3 C'S IN MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Conjunctivitis Cough Coryza A stage where there is the appearance of rashes in measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Eruptive stage What is the appearance of rashes in the measles - CORRECT ANSWERS MACULOPAPULAR RASH How is the rashes in measles appear? - CORRECT ANSWERS EXPOSEDUNEXPOSED (CENTRIPETAL) T/F: Rashes increases when fever increases and fever falls when rashes disappear - CORRECT ANSWERS True OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Anorexia Diarrhea Sore Throat Severe cough T/F: rashes fades as the same manner they appeared. - CORRECT ANSWERS True Quickes mathod of confirming acute measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Antibody assay test Highly sensitive in visualizing measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chin reaction PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Measle vaccine @ 9 mos. MMR vaccine @ 15 mos. second dose is 11-12 y/o T/F: Measles should not be given with pregnant women and with depresses immune system. - CORRECT ANSWERS True POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS FOR MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Pneumonia