NURSING 220 MIDTERM (LATEST UPDATE) REAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT |
ALREADY GRADED A
Chain of infection Ans✓✓✓1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of exit
4. Mode of transmission
5. Portal of entry
6. Host
Nosocomial infection Ans✓✓✓Hospital acquired infection. Influenced
by therapy received, length of stay, type and number of procedures, and
direct contact. Common sites inlcude: wounds, urinary tract, respirator
tract, or blood stream.
Asepsis Ans✓✓✓Absence of pathogenic disease producing
microorganisms (medical or surgical).
Medical asepsis Ans✓✓✓Reduce and prevent spread of microorganisms
(clean).
Surgical asepsis Ans✓✓✓Eliminate all microorganisms. Contaminated
when touched with anything non-sterile (sterile).
,Tool for assessing simple wounds Ans✓✓✓Redness, Ecchymosis,
Edema, Drainage, Approximation (REEDA).
Types of drainage Ans✓✓✓Serous: clear, watery plasma.
Purulent: thick, green, yellow, brown, often odorous and indicates
infection.
Serosanguineous: pale, red, watery, mixed fluid.
Sanguineous: bright red, indicates active bleeding.
Wound cleansing Ans✓✓✓Least to most contaminated (incision
outwards), gentle friction, one swipe per gauze.
Factors affecting wound healing Ans✓✓✓-Nutrition
-Lifespan
-Lifestyle
-Medications
-Infection
Documentation for dressing change Ans✓✓✓-What you took off
-REEDA
-What you put on
-Pain assessment pre, intra, post
, Analgesics Ans✓✓✓1. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
2. opioids
3. co-analgesics (adjuvants)
Patient controlled analgesic Ans✓✓✓-Local anaesthetic infusion pump.
-Topical analgesic and anaesthetic
-Sucrose (infants)
Local anaesthesia Ans✓✓✓Creates loss and sensation to a localized
body part.
Regional anaesthesia Ans✓✓✓Used for deeper structures of the body as
it blocks a group of sensory nerve fibers.
Epidural anesthesia Ans✓✓✓Controls pain without the serious side
effects of narcotics.
Stages of pressure ulcers Ans✓✓✓Stage 1: only the epidermis affected.
Stage 2: invades the dermis.
Stage 3: invades the subcutaneous tissue layer.
Stage 4: invades the connective tissue.
Unstageable: cannot stage because of lack of visibility.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT |
ALREADY GRADED A
Chain of infection Ans✓✓✓1. Infectious agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of exit
4. Mode of transmission
5. Portal of entry
6. Host
Nosocomial infection Ans✓✓✓Hospital acquired infection. Influenced
by therapy received, length of stay, type and number of procedures, and
direct contact. Common sites inlcude: wounds, urinary tract, respirator
tract, or blood stream.
Asepsis Ans✓✓✓Absence of pathogenic disease producing
microorganisms (medical or surgical).
Medical asepsis Ans✓✓✓Reduce and prevent spread of microorganisms
(clean).
Surgical asepsis Ans✓✓✓Eliminate all microorganisms. Contaminated
when touched with anything non-sterile (sterile).
,Tool for assessing simple wounds Ans✓✓✓Redness, Ecchymosis,
Edema, Drainage, Approximation (REEDA).
Types of drainage Ans✓✓✓Serous: clear, watery plasma.
Purulent: thick, green, yellow, brown, often odorous and indicates
infection.
Serosanguineous: pale, red, watery, mixed fluid.
Sanguineous: bright red, indicates active bleeding.
Wound cleansing Ans✓✓✓Least to most contaminated (incision
outwards), gentle friction, one swipe per gauze.
Factors affecting wound healing Ans✓✓✓-Nutrition
-Lifespan
-Lifestyle
-Medications
-Infection
Documentation for dressing change Ans✓✓✓-What you took off
-REEDA
-What you put on
-Pain assessment pre, intra, post
, Analgesics Ans✓✓✓1. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
2. opioids
3. co-analgesics (adjuvants)
Patient controlled analgesic Ans✓✓✓-Local anaesthetic infusion pump.
-Topical analgesic and anaesthetic
-Sucrose (infants)
Local anaesthesia Ans✓✓✓Creates loss and sensation to a localized
body part.
Regional anaesthesia Ans✓✓✓Used for deeper structures of the body as
it blocks a group of sensory nerve fibers.
Epidural anesthesia Ans✓✓✓Controls pain without the serious side
effects of narcotics.
Stages of pressure ulcers Ans✓✓✓Stage 1: only the epidermis affected.
Stage 2: invades the dermis.
Stage 3: invades the subcutaneous tissue layer.
Stage 4: invades the connective tissue.
Unstageable: cannot stage because of lack of visibility.
