COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
"When does infection develop? - CORRECT ANSWER If the 6 chain link of infection
remains intact"
"Presence of pathogen means infection will begin... True or False? - CORRECT ANSWER
False, potentital for infection depends on
- sufficient number of organisms
-virulence (ability to produce disease)
-ability to enter/survive host
-susceptibility of host"
"What is an Infecious agent? - CORRECT ANSWER a pathogen..
example: bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa"
"What are Resident/Transient flora? How are they killed - CORRECT ANSWER -
permanent residents of skin
-survive/multiply without causing harm
-killed by performing hand hygiene containing antimicrobial ingredients."
"Whats a Reservoir? - CORRECT ANSWER -source for pathogen growth
-pathogen can survive, may/may not multiply
- food, oxygen, water, temp, pH, minimal light"
"Whats a major mode of transmission in Health Care Facilities? - CORRECT ANSWER
indirect contact!!
-HCP picks up microbes from one person/place/thing and transmits to other
people/place/things (usually due to lack of hand hygiene or preventative measures."
"Whats a Portal of Entry? - CORRECT ANSWER the way pathogen can enter body
examples of portals of entry are same as portals of exit.."
"Whats a Susceptible Host? - CORRECT ANSWER depends on individual degree of
resistance to pathogen"
"Whats an Infection - CORRECT ANSWER disease state resulting from entry &
multiplication of pathogen in tissues of host, causing body to manifest clinical
sign/symptoms"
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,"Whats a communicable infection? - CORRECT ANSWER infection can be transmitted
from one person to another
(contagious)"
"Define Health - CORRECT ANSWER derived from old English word hoelth, meaning
whole of body
- state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and note merely the absence of
disease or infirmity"
"Define Disease - CORRECT ANSWER objective state of ill health, pathological process
of which can be detected by medical science"
"Define Chronic Disease Self Management - CORRECT ANSWER multidisciplinary
approach that emphasizes prevention, early detection, and management of chronic
condition.
individuals maintain health & independence as much as possible and are partners in their
own care."
- professional nurses collab w/ health care professionals to maintain/improve health of
Canadians by addressing health inequities influenced by DoH"
"What are Determinants of Health (DoH)? - CORRECT ANSWER Range of personal,
social, economic, and environmental factors that combine together to affect health status of
individuals and communities."
"What are Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)? - CORRECT ANSWER Broader forces
(politics & economics) that interact to influence risk to health/well-being and affect how
vulnerable/resilient people are to disease/injury"
“Primary Prevention is associated as what stage: - CORRECT ANSWER pre
pathogenesis"
"Primary Prevention is aimed at who, and is used for what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
aimed at: groups, individuals, and populations susceptible to disease but have no
discernible pathology
- used to prevent occurrence of disease/injury"
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, "What are some Primary Prevention techniques for environmental protection? -
CORRECT ANSWER - workplace hazard
- air quality control
-basic sanitization"
"What are specific Primary Prevention methods to protect against disease/injury -
CORRECT ANSWER -immunizations
-seat belts
-actions taken to reduce exposure to cancer-causing agents"
"What phase is Secondary Prevention associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER
pathogenesis"
"What is a key component of Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER screening:
aimed for early detection and treatment"
"What is Secondary Prevention used for - CORRECT ANSWER to detect disease early in
progression, before clinical signs/symptoms become apparent to make diagnosis & begin
treatment"
"Whats Tertiary Prevention used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - reduce amount of
disability that may occur
- begin rehabilitation
-increase quality of life.
- interrupt course of disease"
"Where does Tertiary Prevention usually take place? - CORRECT ANSWER specialized
clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation"
"Whats a Portal of Exit from reservoir - CORRECT ANSWER -passage by which
pathogen leaves reservoir"
"Whats example of Portal of Exit? - CORRECT ANSWER Body openings: mouth, nose,
rectal, vag, urethral, ostomies, cut, scrape, wound, break in mucous membrane"
"How are pathogens carried through portals of exit? - CORRECT ANSWER -blood
-body fluid
-excretions (urine, stool, saliva, semen)"
"What are the 5 GENERAL groups for
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