PN3006 Midterm Exam: Questions With Solutions
Standard precautions Right Ans - hand hygiene
Airborne precautions Right Ans - N95 mask, private room and negative
pressure 6-12 exchanges per hour
Types of diseases with airborne precautions Right Ans - measles,
chickenpox, herpes zoster, TB and rubeola
Droplet precautions Right Ans - private room or cohort, mask, eye
protection and gloves
Types of diseases with droplet precautions Right Ans - influenza, group A
streptococcus, meningitis, pertussis, rhinovirus, pneumonia, pneumonic
plague, rubella, mumps and respiratory syncytial virus
Contact precautions Right Ans - private room or cohort, gloves and gown
Types of diseases with contact precautions Right Ans - VRE, MRSA, c-diff,
shigella, major wound infection, herpes simplex, scabies, varicella zoster and
respiratory syncytial virus
Port of entry Right Ans - mouth, eye and cuts in the skin
signs of an infected wound Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - general term for affect blood
vessels distal from the large central blood vessels supplying the myocardium.
Standard precautions Right Ans - hand hygiene
Airborne precautions Right Ans - N95 mask, private room and negative
pressure 6-12 exchanges per hour
Types of diseases with airborne precautions Right Ans - measles,
chickenpox, herpes zoster, TB and rubeola
Droplet precautions Right Ans - private room or cohort, mask, eye
protection and gloves
Types of diseases with droplet precautions Right Ans - influenza, group A
streptococcus, meningitis, pertussis, rhinovirus, pneumonia, pneumonic
plague, rubella, mumps and respiratory syncytial virus
Contact precautions Right Ans - private room or cohort, gloves and gown
Types of diseases with contact precautions Right Ans - VRE, MRSA, c-diff,
shigella, major wound infection, herpes simplex, scabies, varicella zoster and
respiratory syncytial virus
Port of entry Right Ans - mouth, eye and cuts in the skin
signs of an infected wound Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - general term for affect blood
vessels distal from the large central blood vessels supplying the myocardium.
