PN 3006 MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ airborne precautions.
Answer: N95 mask, private room and negative pressure 6-12
exchanges per hour
◉ types of diseases with airborne precautions.
Answer: measles, chickenpox, herpes zoster, TB and rubeola
◉ droplet precautions.
Answer: private room or cohort, mask, eye protection and gloves
◉ types of diseases with droplet precautions.
Answer: influenza, group A streptococcus, meningitis, pertussis,
rhinovirus, pneumonia, pneumonic plague, rubella, mumps and
respiratory syncytial virus
◉ contact precautions.
Answer: private room or cohort, gloves and gown
◉ types of diseases with contact precautions.
, Answer: VRE, MRSA, c-diff, shigella, major wound infection, herpes
simplex, scabies, varicella zoster and respiratory syncytial virus
◉ Port of entry.
Answer: mouth, eye and cuts in the skin
◉ signs of an infected wound.
Answer: pain and tenderness at wound site, erythema, edema,
induration, purulent discharge, fever, chills, foul odor, elevated white
blood count and delayed healing
◉ healing by primary intention.
Answer: surgical wound with skin edges are approximated or closed,
the risk of infection is low, occurs quickly with minimal scar
formation and epithelization
◉ healing by secondary intention.
Answer: tissue loss, burn, pressure injuries or severe laceration, left
open until it becomes filled with scar tissue, takes longer and the
chance of infection is higher
◉ peripheral vascular disease.
Answer: general term for affect blood vessels distal from the large
central blood vessels supplying the myocardium.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ airborne precautions.
Answer: N95 mask, private room and negative pressure 6-12
exchanges per hour
◉ types of diseases with airborne precautions.
Answer: measles, chickenpox, herpes zoster, TB and rubeola
◉ droplet precautions.
Answer: private room or cohort, mask, eye protection and gloves
◉ types of diseases with droplet precautions.
Answer: influenza, group A streptococcus, meningitis, pertussis,
rhinovirus, pneumonia, pneumonic plague, rubella, mumps and
respiratory syncytial virus
◉ contact precautions.
Answer: private room or cohort, gloves and gown
◉ types of diseases with contact precautions.
, Answer: VRE, MRSA, c-diff, shigella, major wound infection, herpes
simplex, scabies, varicella zoster and respiratory syncytial virus
◉ Port of entry.
Answer: mouth, eye and cuts in the skin
◉ signs of an infected wound.
Answer: pain and tenderness at wound site, erythema, edema,
induration, purulent discharge, fever, chills, foul odor, elevated white
blood count and delayed healing
◉ healing by primary intention.
Answer: surgical wound with skin edges are approximated or closed,
the risk of infection is low, occurs quickly with minimal scar
formation and epithelization
◉ healing by secondary intention.
Answer: tissue loss, burn, pressure injuries or severe laceration, left
open until it becomes filled with scar tissue, takes longer and the
chance of infection is higher
◉ peripheral vascular disease.
Answer: general term for affect blood vessels distal from the large
central blood vessels supplying the myocardium.
