Hacc N140- Final exam- review
Questions with Complete Answers 2026
Updated.
Factors affecting safety - Answer -Developmental considerations
-LifeStyle (ex: drugs or alcohol abuse)
-Mobility (limitations in mobility is potentially unsafe)
-Sensory Perception (Any impairments in sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch
-Knowledge (patients need instructions to follow medical regimens ex: Oxygen)
- Ability to communicate (Language barriers)
-Physical Health State
-Psychosocial Health State (Stressful situations)
Asphyxiation - Answer suffocation (Greater in children)
Aspiration - Answer Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs?
Standard Precautions - Answer Precautions used in all the care of all hospitalized individuals
regardless of their diagnosis or possible infection status
Applies to blood, all body fluids secretions and excretions except sweat (whether or not blood is
present or visible) nonintact skin and mucous membranes. - Answer Standard Precautions
Standard Precautions ( Tier 1 ) - Answer -Hand hygiene
-wear gloves
- Wear masks, eye protection or face shield if there is risk for splashes or sprays of blood or
body fluids
-wear gowns if soiling of clothing is likely from blood and or body fluids
Medical Asepsis - Answer Clean technique (involving procedures and practices) that reduce
the number and transfer of pathogens (ex: Hand washing, wearing gloves)
Breaks the cycle of infection
Asepsis - Answer The absence of disease causing microorganisms
, Surgical Asepsis/ Sterile Technique - Answer Practices that keep an area or object free of all
microorganisms
-Destroys microorganisms and spores
Sepsis - Answer The state of infection that results in acute illness
The cycle of infection - Answer 1- The infectious agent
2- The reservoirs (natural habitat of the organism)
3- Portal of exit
4- Mode of transmission
5- Portal of entry (Often the same as the portal of exit)
6- Susceptible host (microorganisms can only exist only in an acceptable host)
Vehicle Borne - Answer Being exposed to microorganisms that are on inanimate objects or
materials
Vector Borne - Answer When an animal or flying insect transports the microorganism to you
Transmission Based Precautions ( Tier 2 ) - Answer Used in addition to standard precautions.
For patients suspected to be infected with highly transmissible pathogens. Based on the mode
of transmission
-Airborne
-Droplet
-Contact
Airborne Precautions - Answer Patients who have diseases that transmit by airborne droplet
nuclei - smaller than 5 microns
PPE: N95 respirator
Infection: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Droplet Precautions - Answer Illness transmitted by particle droplets larger than 5 microns
PPE: Surgical mask
Infection: Influenza, Rubella
Questions with Complete Answers 2026
Updated.
Factors affecting safety - Answer -Developmental considerations
-LifeStyle (ex: drugs or alcohol abuse)
-Mobility (limitations in mobility is potentially unsafe)
-Sensory Perception (Any impairments in sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch
-Knowledge (patients need instructions to follow medical regimens ex: Oxygen)
- Ability to communicate (Language barriers)
-Physical Health State
-Psychosocial Health State (Stressful situations)
Asphyxiation - Answer suffocation (Greater in children)
Aspiration - Answer Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs?
Standard Precautions - Answer Precautions used in all the care of all hospitalized individuals
regardless of their diagnosis or possible infection status
Applies to blood, all body fluids secretions and excretions except sweat (whether or not blood is
present or visible) nonintact skin and mucous membranes. - Answer Standard Precautions
Standard Precautions ( Tier 1 ) - Answer -Hand hygiene
-wear gloves
- Wear masks, eye protection or face shield if there is risk for splashes or sprays of blood or
body fluids
-wear gowns if soiling of clothing is likely from blood and or body fluids
Medical Asepsis - Answer Clean technique (involving procedures and practices) that reduce
the number and transfer of pathogens (ex: Hand washing, wearing gloves)
Breaks the cycle of infection
Asepsis - Answer The absence of disease causing microorganisms
, Surgical Asepsis/ Sterile Technique - Answer Practices that keep an area or object free of all
microorganisms
-Destroys microorganisms and spores
Sepsis - Answer The state of infection that results in acute illness
The cycle of infection - Answer 1- The infectious agent
2- The reservoirs (natural habitat of the organism)
3- Portal of exit
4- Mode of transmission
5- Portal of entry (Often the same as the portal of exit)
6- Susceptible host (microorganisms can only exist only in an acceptable host)
Vehicle Borne - Answer Being exposed to microorganisms that are on inanimate objects or
materials
Vector Borne - Answer When an animal or flying insect transports the microorganism to you
Transmission Based Precautions ( Tier 2 ) - Answer Used in addition to standard precautions.
For patients suspected to be infected with highly transmissible pathogens. Based on the mode
of transmission
-Airborne
-Droplet
-Contact
Airborne Precautions - Answer Patients who have diseases that transmit by airborne droplet
nuclei - smaller than 5 microns
PPE: N95 respirator
Infection: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Droplet Precautions - Answer Illness transmitted by particle droplets larger than 5 microns
PPE: Surgical mask
Infection: Influenza, Rubella
