MIDTERM NUR 3330 | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, NCLEX-STYLE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
universal competencies - ANS ✔✔two pt. identifiers
allergy check (meds, food, latex, iodine, tape)
fall preventions/pt. safety
hand hygiene
fall prevention - ANS ✔✔call light
bed in lowest position
2 side rails
wheels locked
personal belongings near
localized infection - ANS ✔✔swelling, redness, heat, drainage, pain, loss of function
systemic infection - ANS ✔✔fever, increased WBC, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lymph
node enlargement, organ failure
infection - ANS ✔✔invasion of susceptible host by pathogens or microorganisms; results in
disease
colonization - ANS ✔✔presence and growth of microorganisms within a host without tissue
invasion or damage
communicable - ANS ✔✔transmitted person to person
, symptomatic vs asymptomatic - ANS ✔✔symptoms present
symptoms not present
chain of infection - ANS ✔✔agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transmission
portal of entry
susceptible host
most effective method to break the chain of infection - ANS ✔✔hand hygiene
susceptibility to infection - ANS ✔✔age
nutritional status
stress
four stages of the infectious process - ANS ✔✔incubation
prodromal
illness
convalescence
inflammation - ANS ✔✔neutrophil
macrophage
monocyte
eosinophil
basophil
QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
universal competencies - ANS ✔✔two pt. identifiers
allergy check (meds, food, latex, iodine, tape)
fall preventions/pt. safety
hand hygiene
fall prevention - ANS ✔✔call light
bed in lowest position
2 side rails
wheels locked
personal belongings near
localized infection - ANS ✔✔swelling, redness, heat, drainage, pain, loss of function
systemic infection - ANS ✔✔fever, increased WBC, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lymph
node enlargement, organ failure
infection - ANS ✔✔invasion of susceptible host by pathogens or microorganisms; results in
disease
colonization - ANS ✔✔presence and growth of microorganisms within a host without tissue
invasion or damage
communicable - ANS ✔✔transmitted person to person
, symptomatic vs asymptomatic - ANS ✔✔symptoms present
symptoms not present
chain of infection - ANS ✔✔agent
reservoir
portal of exit
mode of transmission
portal of entry
susceptible host
most effective method to break the chain of infection - ANS ✔✔hand hygiene
susceptibility to infection - ANS ✔✔age
nutritional status
stress
four stages of the infectious process - ANS ✔✔incubation
prodromal
illness
convalescence
inflammation - ANS ✔✔neutrophil
macrophage
monocyte
eosinophil
basophil
