ECPI NUR 165 Exam 2 Questions With
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Exposure |or |transmission |of |disease |from |one |person |to |another |by |contact |with |a |
contaminated |object.
Choose |an |answer
1
links |in |chain |of |infection
2
influenza
3
strep |b
4
indirect |contact
Don't |know?
Terms |in |this |set |(105)
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links |in |chain |of |infection
infectious |agent |(C |diff/Mrsa/causative |organism), |reservoir |(patient |1/place |where |agent |
grows), |portal |of |exit |(way |in |which |organism |leaves/BM |of |patient |1), |mode |of |transmission |
(nurse's |hands/think |vehicle), |portal |of |entry |(mouth |of |patient |2), |susceptible |host |(patient |2)
mode |of |transmission
a |way |that |the |causative |agent |can |be |transmitted |to |another |reservoir |or |host |where |it |can |
live
Gloves, |droplets, |bloody |needle
droplet, |airborne, |contact
, Staphylococcus |aureus
Boils, |toxic |shock |syndrome, |osteomyelitis, |and |MRSA, |both |HA |and |CA |forms
Antibiotics, |although |most |strains |are |not |killed |by |penicillin;
HA-MRSA |is |resistant |to |many |antibiotics |and |is |treated |with |selected |IV |antibiotics.
bacteria
Streptococcus |group |A |(gram-positive |coccus)
Strep |throat, |ear |infections, |scarlet |fever, |and |endocarditis; |can |lead |to |rheumatic |fever, |heart |
valve |damage, |transient |kidney |damage |"Flesh-eating |strep" |is |a |rare |strain |causing |necrotizing
|fasciitis |that |can |lead |to |death
tx |antibiotics
strep |b
Neonatal |infections, |especially |in |premature |births, |causing |pneumonia, |meningitis, |or |
septicemia |in |newborns
iv |antibiotics
Clostridioides |difficile |(gram-positive |bacillus; |spore |forming)
Severe |diarrhea; |often |develops |with |antibiotic |therapy |and |is |called |pseudomembranous |
enterocolitis; |this |is |a |significant |health-care-associated |infection |pathogen
Few |antibiotics |are |used |to |treat |this: |vancomycin |and |metronidazole |are |two |used |often
Escherichia |coli |(gram-negative |bacillus)
Normally |found |in |the |colon |but |can |cause |infection |if |it |enters |the |urinary |tract |or |other |
parts |of |the |body; |common |cause |of |nosocomial |infections
antibiotics
Escherichia |coli |O157:H7 |(gram-negative |bacillus)
Infection |of |colon |causing |bloody |diarrhea |and |kidney |failure, |known |as |hemolytic |uremic
|"syndrome," |can |be |fatal; |often |results |from |consuming |undercooked |ground |meat
antibiotics, |dialysis |for |kidney |failure
Mycobacterium |tuberculosis |(bacillus)
Tuberculosis |that |destroys |lung |tissue, |leaving |large |cavities; |drug-resistant |strains |are |
becoming |more |common
antituberculosis
bacteria
Borrelia |burgdorferi |(spirochete)
Correct Answers
Exposure |or |transmission |of |disease |from |one |person |to |another |by |contact |with |a |
contaminated |object.
Choose |an |answer
1
links |in |chain |of |infection
2
influenza
3
strep |b
4
indirect |contact
Don't |know?
Terms |in |this |set |(105)
Original
links |in |chain |of |infection
infectious |agent |(C |diff/Mrsa/causative |organism), |reservoir |(patient |1/place |where |agent |
grows), |portal |of |exit |(way |in |which |organism |leaves/BM |of |patient |1), |mode |of |transmission |
(nurse's |hands/think |vehicle), |portal |of |entry |(mouth |of |patient |2), |susceptible |host |(patient |2)
mode |of |transmission
a |way |that |the |causative |agent |can |be |transmitted |to |another |reservoir |or |host |where |it |can |
live
Gloves, |droplets, |bloody |needle
droplet, |airborne, |contact
, Staphylococcus |aureus
Boils, |toxic |shock |syndrome, |osteomyelitis, |and |MRSA, |both |HA |and |CA |forms
Antibiotics, |although |most |strains |are |not |killed |by |penicillin;
HA-MRSA |is |resistant |to |many |antibiotics |and |is |treated |with |selected |IV |antibiotics.
bacteria
Streptococcus |group |A |(gram-positive |coccus)
Strep |throat, |ear |infections, |scarlet |fever, |and |endocarditis; |can |lead |to |rheumatic |fever, |heart |
valve |damage, |transient |kidney |damage |"Flesh-eating |strep" |is |a |rare |strain |causing |necrotizing
|fasciitis |that |can |lead |to |death
tx |antibiotics
strep |b
Neonatal |infections, |especially |in |premature |births, |causing |pneumonia, |meningitis, |or |
septicemia |in |newborns
iv |antibiotics
Clostridioides |difficile |(gram-positive |bacillus; |spore |forming)
Severe |diarrhea; |often |develops |with |antibiotic |therapy |and |is |called |pseudomembranous |
enterocolitis; |this |is |a |significant |health-care-associated |infection |pathogen
Few |antibiotics |are |used |to |treat |this: |vancomycin |and |metronidazole |are |two |used |often
Escherichia |coli |(gram-negative |bacillus)
Normally |found |in |the |colon |but |can |cause |infection |if |it |enters |the |urinary |tract |or |other |
parts |of |the |body; |common |cause |of |nosocomial |infections
antibiotics
Escherichia |coli |O157:H7 |(gram-negative |bacillus)
Infection |of |colon |causing |bloody |diarrhea |and |kidney |failure, |known |as |hemolytic |uremic
|"syndrome," |can |be |fatal; |often |results |from |consuming |undercooked |ground |meat
antibiotics, |dialysis |for |kidney |failure
Mycobacterium |tuberculosis |(bacillus)
Tuberculosis |that |destroys |lung |tissue, |leaving |large |cavities; |drug-resistant |strains |are |
becoming |more |common
antituberculosis
bacteria
Borrelia |burgdorferi |(spirochete)
