2025 updated questions and answers
Range of Motion (ROM) - correct answer ✔✔the movement of a joint to the extent possible
without causing pain (exercise, stretching)
passive range of motion - correct answer ✔✔nurse moves patient
active range of motion - correct answer ✔✔patient does it themselves
MERSA - correct answer ✔✔Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium
responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans.
chain of infection - correct answer ✔✔infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
Order of donning PPE - correct answer ✔✔1. gown
2. mask
3. goggles (depending)
4. gloves
order of doffing PPE - correct answer ✔✔1. gloves
2. goggles (depends)
3. gown
4. mask
, Standard PPE - correct answer ✔✔gloves, face shield, gown, mask, booties
systemic infection - correct answer ✔✔infection spreads to several sites and tissue fluids usually
in the bloodstream
Primary defenses against infection - correct answer ✔✔Skin, mucous membranes,
gastrointestinal system
Secondary defenses against infection - correct answer ✔✔Inflammatory process
Elevated temperature
Complement cascade
Tertiary defenses against infection - correct answer ✔✔B and T cells
lymphocytes found in lymph tissue and circulating in the blood
signal phagocytes to destroy invaders
have major role in antigen-antibody response
multi-drug resistant organisms - correct answer ✔✔resistant to one or more classes of
antibiotics
airborne transmission - correct answer ✔✔spreading of microorganisms that are less than 5
mcm when an infected host coughs, sneezes, or talks, or when the organism becomes attached
to dust particles