NMTT: 1211 - Patient Care Finals (Review) questions with
verified answers
______ ______, deals with reducing the probability of infectious organism
transmission to a susceptible host. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- medical asepsis
______ ______, is defined as the feeling of lightheadedness or fainting when
standing/rising too suddenly as a result of reduced oxygen supply to the brain due
to sudden changes in body position. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- orthostatic hypotension
______ ______, the process of decreasing the total number of pathogenic
organisms. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- microbial dilution
______ are complexed single-celled animals that generally exists as free living
organisms. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- protozoa
______ are subcellular organisms that are among the smallest known disease
causing organism. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- viruses
______ are the smallest and least understood, and may cause disease. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- prions
,______ is subcellular a organism that is made of DNA and RNA and has a protein
protective coat. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- virus
______ is the expressed measurement of the body's metabolic state. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- temperature
______ occur as single-celled yeast or as long, branched, filament-like structures
called molds that are composed of many cells. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- fungi
______, involves the destruction of pathogens by using chemicals. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- disinfection
______/______ ______, treating items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them
germ-free, then storing them in a manner that prevents contamination. Ans✓✓✓
- Ans:
- sterilization/surgical asepsis
(a). ______ ______ (the top number), is a measure of the pressure on the arterial
walls as the heart contract and pumps blood forward, where as, (b). ______
______ (the bottom number), is a measure of the pressure on the arterial walls
when the heart is at rest/diastole (between beats). Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- (a). systolic pressure
, - (b). diastolic pressure
(a). ______ ______/______ ______, refers to a system designed to reduce the risk
of transmission of infections from unrecognized sources of bloodborne diseases
and from other pathogens in healthcare institutions and also includes precautions
for three modes of transmission (b). ______, ______, and ______. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- (a). Standard Precautions/Universal Precautions
- (b). airborne, contact, and droplet
(a). ______ are very small single-celled organisms with a cell wall and atypical
nucleus that lacks a membrane; his (b). three distinct shapes (i). ______, (ii).
______, and (iii). ______. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- (a). bacteria
- (b). three distinct shapes
- (i). spherical - cocci
- (ii). rod-shaped - bacilli
- (iii). spiral - spirilla/spirochetes
(a). ______, also called (b). ______, refers to the fact that fluid/medication is
outside of the vessel/vein that can by leakage of medication due to ruptured
veins or high pressure injections in a small vein or accidentally injecting into
surrounding tissue. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- (a). extravasation
- (b). infiltration
verified answers
______ ______, deals with reducing the probability of infectious organism
transmission to a susceptible host. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- medical asepsis
______ ______, is defined as the feeling of lightheadedness or fainting when
standing/rising too suddenly as a result of reduced oxygen supply to the brain due
to sudden changes in body position. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- orthostatic hypotension
______ ______, the process of decreasing the total number of pathogenic
organisms. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- microbial dilution
______ are complexed single-celled animals that generally exists as free living
organisms. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- protozoa
______ are subcellular organisms that are among the smallest known disease
causing organism. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- viruses
______ are the smallest and least understood, and may cause disease. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- prions
,______ is subcellular a organism that is made of DNA and RNA and has a protein
protective coat. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- virus
______ is the expressed measurement of the body's metabolic state. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- temperature
______ occur as single-celled yeast or as long, branched, filament-like structures
called molds that are composed of many cells. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- fungi
______, involves the destruction of pathogens by using chemicals. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- disinfection
______/______ ______, treating items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them
germ-free, then storing them in a manner that prevents contamination. Ans✓✓✓
- Ans:
- sterilization/surgical asepsis
(a). ______ ______ (the top number), is a measure of the pressure on the arterial
walls as the heart contract and pumps blood forward, where as, (b). ______
______ (the bottom number), is a measure of the pressure on the arterial walls
when the heart is at rest/diastole (between beats). Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- (a). systolic pressure
, - (b). diastolic pressure
(a). ______ ______/______ ______, refers to a system designed to reduce the risk
of transmission of infections from unrecognized sources of bloodborne diseases
and from other pathogens in healthcare institutions and also includes precautions
for three modes of transmission (b). ______, ______, and ______. Ans✓✓✓ -
Ans:
- (a). Standard Precautions/Universal Precautions
- (b). airborne, contact, and droplet
(a). ______ are very small single-celled organisms with a cell wall and atypical
nucleus that lacks a membrane; his (b). three distinct shapes (i). ______, (ii).
______, and (iii). ______. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- (a). bacteria
- (b). three distinct shapes
- (i). spherical - cocci
- (ii). rod-shaped - bacilli
- (iii). spiral - spirilla/spirochetes
(a). ______, also called (b). ______, refers to the fact that fluid/medication is
outside of the vessel/vein that can by leakage of medication due to ruptured
veins or high pressure injections in a small vein or accidentally injecting into
surrounding tissue. Ans✓✓✓ - Ans:
- (a). extravasation
- (b). infiltration
