nursing 206 test 1 Exam questions and
answers best assured success updated
2025/2026 rated A+
AIDET - CORRECT ANSWERS acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation, thank you
SBAR - CORRECT ANSWERS Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
When is literacy assessed? - CORRECT ANSWERS on admission
barriers we assess - CORRECT ANSWERS sociocultural, educational, physical, psychological,
timing
Why is literacy important? - CORRECT ANSWERS Utilized in
- Health promotion
- Health protection
- Disease prevention and screening
- Access to care and navigation of systems
- Care and maintenance
- Needed for patient education
- Needed to develop appropriate nursing interventions and outcomes
- Many health care mistakes/complications/failures can be traced back to deficits in health literacy.
chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWERS infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWERS shape (cocci rods etc)
gram (+ or -)
oxygen (aerobic vs anaerobic)
viruses - CORRECT ANSWERS smallest microorganisms
fungi - CORRECT ANSWERS plant organisms (molds and yeasts)
Parasites - CORRECT ANSWERS organisms that live on or in a host and rely on it for
nourishment
potential to cause disease depends on - CORRECT ANSWERS - number
- virulence
- immune system health
- exposure (length of time and distance/intimacy)
, normal flora is - CORRECT ANSWERS microorganisms that commonly inhabit body and are part
of bodys normal defense system
ex: ecoli in the intestinal tract
Colonization - CORRECT ANSWERS organism that resides in the body without manifesting signs
of disease
infection - CORRECT ANSWERS what happens if a persons defense mechanism is infective in
responding to a microorganism invasion
types of infection reservoirs - CORRECT ANSWERS people, animals, food and water, soil,
inanimate objects
Point of escape for the organism from the reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS GI tract
respiratory tract
GU tract
Breaks in skin integrity
blood, saliva and tissue
vehicles of transmission - CORRECT ANSWERS direct contact, indirect contact, airborne route
where organisms enter a new host - CORRECT ANSWERS GI tract
respiratory tract
GU tract
Skin
who is susceptible to infections - CORRECT ANSWERS elderly
children
hospital patients
stressed
immunocompromised
poor hygiene/health
break chain of infection from infectious agent to reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS hand hygiene
sterilization
antibiotic/antimicrobials
break the chain of infection from the reservoir to portal of exit from reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS
transmission-based precautions sterilization or use of disposable supplies
break chain of infection from portal of exit from reservoir to means of transmission - CORRECT
ANSWERS dry intact dressing
hand hygiene
wear gloves if contact with body fluids
cover nose and mouth when sneezing
answers best assured success updated
2025/2026 rated A+
AIDET - CORRECT ANSWERS acknowledge, introduce, duration, explanation, thank you
SBAR - CORRECT ANSWERS Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
When is literacy assessed? - CORRECT ANSWERS on admission
barriers we assess - CORRECT ANSWERS sociocultural, educational, physical, psychological,
timing
Why is literacy important? - CORRECT ANSWERS Utilized in
- Health promotion
- Health protection
- Disease prevention and screening
- Access to care and navigation of systems
- Care and maintenance
- Needed for patient education
- Needed to develop appropriate nursing interventions and outcomes
- Many health care mistakes/complications/failures can be traced back to deficits in health literacy.
chain of infection - CORRECT ANSWERS infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWERS shape (cocci rods etc)
gram (+ or -)
oxygen (aerobic vs anaerobic)
viruses - CORRECT ANSWERS smallest microorganisms
fungi - CORRECT ANSWERS plant organisms (molds and yeasts)
Parasites - CORRECT ANSWERS organisms that live on or in a host and rely on it for
nourishment
potential to cause disease depends on - CORRECT ANSWERS - number
- virulence
- immune system health
- exposure (length of time and distance/intimacy)
, normal flora is - CORRECT ANSWERS microorganisms that commonly inhabit body and are part
of bodys normal defense system
ex: ecoli in the intestinal tract
Colonization - CORRECT ANSWERS organism that resides in the body without manifesting signs
of disease
infection - CORRECT ANSWERS what happens if a persons defense mechanism is infective in
responding to a microorganism invasion
types of infection reservoirs - CORRECT ANSWERS people, animals, food and water, soil,
inanimate objects
Point of escape for the organism from the reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS GI tract
respiratory tract
GU tract
Breaks in skin integrity
blood, saliva and tissue
vehicles of transmission - CORRECT ANSWERS direct contact, indirect contact, airborne route
where organisms enter a new host - CORRECT ANSWERS GI tract
respiratory tract
GU tract
Skin
who is susceptible to infections - CORRECT ANSWERS elderly
children
hospital patients
stressed
immunocompromised
poor hygiene/health
break chain of infection from infectious agent to reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS hand hygiene
sterilization
antibiotic/antimicrobials
break the chain of infection from the reservoir to portal of exit from reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS
transmission-based precautions sterilization or use of disposable supplies
break chain of infection from portal of exit from reservoir to means of transmission - CORRECT
ANSWERS dry intact dressing
hand hygiene
wear gloves if contact with body fluids
cover nose and mouth when sneezing
