Nursing 100 Wcu assessment 1 Questions With Complete Solutions Graded A+

What is included in the chain of infection? - Answer-infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host What is an example of infectious agents? - Answer-Clostridium difficile, staphylococcus aureus What is an example of a reservoir - Answer-Table and bed What's an example of portal of exit? - Answer-Wound drainage, gi tract What's an example of portal entry - Answer-Mouth, nose a person likely to get an infection or disease, usually because body defenses are weak - Answersusceptible host Which of the following factors are examples of reservoirs in the chain of infection ? - Answer-Health care workers clients furniture equipment person to person transmission - Answer-direct contact transmission Occurs when microorganisms first are transmitted to an object or surface, and then are transferred to another person who touches those objects or surfaces - Answer-indirect transmission What is an example of a droplet transmission? - Answer-Coughing, sneezing, singing, and talking What is an example of an airborne transmission - Answer-Tuberculosis, measles, chickenpoxa reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection - Answer-inflammatory response What are the stages of infection? - Answer-incubation, prodromal, acute illness, period decline, convalescence an infection enters host and begins to mulitply - Answer-Incubation the client begins having symptoms - Answer-prodromal manifestations of the specific infectious disease process are obvious and may become severe - AnswerAcute illness signs and symptoms of the disease subside; patient is vulnerable to secondary infections - Answer-Period of decline the client returns to a normal or a "new normal" state of health - Answer-period of convalescence confined to one area of the body, can be treated with topical antibiotics and oral antibiotics - AnswerLocal infections start as local infections and then spread to the bloodstream to infect the entire body - Answer-Systemic infections How long to wash hands - Answer-15-30 seconds, sing happy birthday Cleaning technique practice that reduces the presence of disease causing - Answer-Medical asepsis techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms, also called sterile technique - Answer-surgical asepsisInfection prevention practices that apply to all residents regardless of infection status - Answer-Standard precautions precautions used when a client has an infectious agent that can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact with body secretion; requires a min of gown and gloves prior to client interactions - Answercontact precautions the point on the manometer at which the nurse hears the first Korotkoff sound is - Answer-systolic blood pressure The point on the nanometer at which the Koritkoff sounds are no longer audible is the - Answer-diastolic pressure pulse greater than 100 bpm - Answer-Tachycardia slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm) - Answer-Bradycardia