Nursing 6001 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
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Infection
Ans: disease state resulting from pathogens in or on the body
health promotion and nursing assessment
Ans: nurses assess health-promotion activities
introduce screening questions
collaboration
body's defense against infection
Ans: body's normal flora
inflammatory response
immune response
factors affecting host susceptibility
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Ans: intact skin and mucous membranes
normal ph levels
body's white blood cells
age, sex, race, hereditary factors
immunization, natural or acquired
fatigue, climate, nutritional and general health status
stress
use of invasive or indwelling medical device
nosocomial infections
Ans: use of invasive medical devices
antibiotic-resistant organisms developed in hospitals
components of infection
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Ans: infectious agent
reservoir
portal of exit
means of transmission
portals of entry
susceptible host
pathogens
Ans: disease-producing microorganism
bacteria
Ans: the most significant and most commonly observed infection-causing agents
cocci, bacilli, or spirochetes
gram-positive
Ans: have a thick cell wall that resists decolorization and are stained violet
gram-negative
Ans: have chemically more complex cell was and can be decolorized by alcohol
thus they do not stain
virus
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Ans: is the smallest of all microorganism, visible only with an electron
microscope
fungi
Ans: plant like organisms that also can cause infection, are present in the air soil
and water
parasites
Ans: are organisms that live on or in a host and rely on it for nourishment
virulence
Ans: it's ability to cause disease
an organisms potential to produce disease depends on a variety of factors
Ans: number of organism
virulence
competence of the person's immune system
length and intimacy of the contact between the person and the microorganism
Colonization
Ans: presence of an organism residing in an individual's body with no clinical
signs of infection
if person's defense mechanism are ineffective in responding to the bacterial
invasion (colonization), infection will result
Reservoir
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