Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 16: Infection Prevention and Control:
Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis
Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and
Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition
,Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When a patient in the ambulatory clinic is diag-
nosed as having pneumococcal pneumonia, the
nurse is aware that this infection:
a. is viral and will not re-
spond to antibiotics.
b. is bacterial and
should respond to
treatment with antibi-
otics.
c. is fungal and is
caused by the alter-
ation of the normal
flora of the lung.
d. is resultant from a re-
sistant organism and
extreme caution must
be taken.
ANS: B
The coccal suffix indicates a bacterial infection
with round cocci, which are bacteria that usu-
,Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
ally respond to antibiotic therapy.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF:p.
221OBJ: Theory #1
TOP: Infectious Agents KEY:
Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Physiological Adaptation
2. The nurse explains to the patient who has
pneumococcal pneumonia that the lungs serve
as the:
a. mode of transfer.
b. transmission of the
disease.
c. reservoir.
d. organisms that cause
the infection.
ANS: C
The reservoir is the place where the organism
is found, such as a wound or, in this case, the
infected lungs. Droplets are modes of transmis-
sion from the reservoir.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF:p.
220OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Process of Infection KEY:
, Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Physiological Adaptation
3. The patient inquires about how his body will kill
pathogens unassisted by antibiotics. The nurse
responds that a process called phagocytosis
will:
a. stimulate the body to
make more white
blood cells.
b. create antibodies
against the pathogen.
c. engulf and destroy
the pathogen.
d. stimulate the produc-
tion of interferons.
ANS: C
Phagocytes that are stored in the GI tract, liver,
and spleen kill pathogens by engulfing and de-
stroying the invaders and cleaning up the de-
bris.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF:p.
217|Box 16-1
OBJ: Theory #5 TOP: Body De-
fenses
for Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 16: Infection Prevention and Control:
Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis
Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and
Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition
,Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When a patient in the ambulatory clinic is diag-
nosed as having pneumococcal pneumonia, the
nurse is aware that this infection:
a. is viral and will not re-
spond to antibiotics.
b. is bacterial and
should respond to
treatment with antibi-
otics.
c. is fungal and is
caused by the alter-
ation of the normal
flora of the lung.
d. is resultant from a re-
sistant organism and
extreme caution must
be taken.
ANS: B
The coccal suffix indicates a bacterial infection
with round cocci, which are bacteria that usu-
,Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
ally respond to antibiotic therapy.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF:p.
221OBJ: Theory #1
TOP: Infectious Agents KEY:
Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Physiological Adaptation
2. The nurse explains to the patient who has
pneumococcal pneumonia that the lungs serve
as the:
a. mode of transfer.
b. transmission of the
disease.
c. reservoir.
d. organisms that cause
the infection.
ANS: C
The reservoir is the place where the organism
is found, such as a wound or, in this case, the
infected lungs. Droplets are modes of transmis-
sion from the reservoir.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF:p.
220OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Process of Infection KEY:
, Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing, 5th Edition
Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Physiological Adaptation
3. The patient inquires about how his body will kill
pathogens unassisted by antibiotics. The nurse
responds that a process called phagocytosis
will:
a. stimulate the body to
make more white
blood cells.
b. create antibodies
against the pathogen.
c. engulf and destroy
the pathogen.
d. stimulate the produc-
tion of interferons.
ANS: C
Phagocytes that are stored in the GI tract, liver,
and spleen kill pathogens by engulfing and de-
stroying the invaders and cleaning up the de-
bris.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF:p.
217|Box 16-1
OBJ: Theory #5 TOP: Body De-
fenses
